The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-13
HORSEMEN CHEER
THEIR FAVOR|TE
At ANNUAL FEAST
Most Successful Banquet of
Road Horse Association
Held at Krneger's.
NOTED SPEAKERS EXTOL
ANIMAL AS KING OF ALL
Four Hundred, Including Former
Governor Stokes, Join in
Celebration.

Wine and eloquence flowed freely at
the ninth annual banquet of the Road
Horse Association of New Jersey last
night at Krueger's Auditorium. Sur
rounding the festive boards were such
notables as Former Governor Edward G.
Stokes. Senator Joseph S. F~relinghuyser,
Mayor Jacob Haussling, Colonel Austen
Colgate, Governor Forts representa-
tive; Homer Davenport. the amous
cartoonAt, and four hundred horsemen
of the rank and file. But the real OBJ
ject of honor was that noble, loving
animal, the horse.
IT was to the equine star, be, he steed,
trotter or PAGER, that the toasts were
given; It was lie whom the speakers
eulogized in their addresses, and it was
he whom the horsemen in a body lauded
and cheered until they themselves be-
came hoarse. In short. the horse fig
ured in everything but the menu, and
higher tributes could not well have been
paid to generals of renown or rulers of
nations.
The horsemen's banquet has always
been a notable function, but last nights
affair surpassed all previous occasions
conducted by the local association,
which, with its membership of 900, now
stands out as the largest and most in
1ucntial body of amateur horsemen in
the United States.
It was an elaborate affair, but for
malitics We're dispensed with at
times. and a spirit of good fellowship
was displayed in tho form of songs be-
tween courses and cheers between
speeches. When at last the hnal echo
had died away and the band struck up
Home. Sweet Home" the diners wend-
ed their way home, voting the banquet
the best ever
President Opens Speaking.
President Adam IL. Groel opened the
formal festivities after the articles on
the menu had beer slowed away with
a brief Introductory address, dwelling
upon the growth of the association, its
splendid financial condition and the
steady advancement of the horse
breeding industry in the State of New
Jersey.
Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen.
who, by the. way, observed the ami
Ncrsary of his birthday yesterday. was
the first regular speaker. All ears
We're. pricked up when the Senator
took the stand, for he has long been
prominent in legal fights between the
horsemen and the a~utomobilists, and,
as the subject of his address was
booked as ''The Horse VS.. the Auto
the voicing OF his sentiments carried
particular weight.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen did not place any
official seal upon his remarks, but
some of his comparisons between the
animated steed and the ef-propelline
vehicle went straight TO the mark.
THE auto has come to stay, they
say" he incidentally remarked, but
the horse has lived and viii live al
ways. No matter how perfect the auto
how great its speed or power, which
may be fifty times as great as that Ct
our noble animal, The shrill admonitior
still floats from the curbstone. Get 9
horse
Even II specially equipped autos il
the famous New York to Paris race
were conquered by the snowdrifts il
the West II time and again it wa.
the horse that had to come to theii
rescue.
I'VE enjoy an auto, but do not love
it. The auto has nc affection for MS
The horse is satisfied with half tbs
road. but the auto generally takes the
whole and several fields and fences be.
Sides
state May Take n Hand.
The Senator went on to say that eff
forts are being made to obtain legisla
ton providing for additional and i'm
proved horse breeding in this State
AMI that 5000 0 would likely be appro
priated for the purchase of thorough
bred sires in an endeavor to make littl'
Jersey famous for the breeding of al
classes of horses.
incidentally, Mr.. Frelinghuysen, il
lauding the horse, related one of hi
own experiences while serving hi
country as a second lieutenant in Trool
A, First New York Volunteer Cavalry
a. Porto Rico during the Spanish
American War. %bestowing eloquen
praise upon his faithful charge. a roal
steed, called Billy.
After the hattie" lie said, land tn
United States army had won the day