New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
HORSE WILL BE KING
4NNUAL SHOW THIS WEEK
Madison Square Garden NezeIy
Decorated for Exhibition.

with only OF the prominent stables absent
from the entry list. and that string which has
been missing in other shows. the twenty-fourth
annual exhibition of the National Horse Show As
Garden with long list OF horses which have been
ginning prizes in the various summer shows Many
s.f the ole favorites will be hand in the tanbark
ring and with them will be q host OF newcomers
which should make keen competition for the COW
eted blue ribbons The list OF new exhibitors is
Niger than ever before. more than fifty showing
5heir pets for the first time. and among them
several at least. which will make the winners Of
he past look TO their laurels
Several novelties are promised this year. not
fhe least among them being the decora-
uons in the Garden. Departing from the usual
custom the orange and black colors viii largely
disappear: and the prevailing tones VIII be those
n the four ribbons. blue. red yellow and white
Then there Will be an exhibition of old carriages
which VIII be interesting for the state coaches
q Washington. Lafayette and Lincoln be there.
This years entry list Is about the same as re-
CARDS numbers. last year; there have gains
"a some classes and losses in Others which baf
snce each other. The greatest gain is shown in
TIE ladies' saddle classes and the greatest loss in
she breeding classes. In the former two classes
were added this year. and each filled well. In the
breeding classes there has been continuance Of the
falling of Of years. In spite of the black eye
given TO racing by the passage OF the anti-gam-
bling law. the class for thoroughbred stations
has e long list Of entries than four times
oughbred saddle horses is Of the biggest IN
the show.
Hunters and carriage horses will be there in
the usual number. and in the former type.the usual
classes for trying out viii be necessary as It will
ee Impossible TO 90 all of the Judging when the
regular class IS on. These preIinfnaries will take
place IN the mornings usual The new class
for fouT-in-hands, which calls for driving to the
Hsroeh rom me upper part Of Manhattan Island
6aa n1al Judging in the ring, has filed we'll and
oT 1ha
i vii De on Saturday afternoons programme
Among the well known thoroughbreds which will
- SHOWN are Rensselaer,, Accountant. Watercolor,
Advance Guard and Wyeth. all Of which made
their records on the turf. and most of which are
really beautiful specimens of The horse Anoonv
The men who will show their trotters will be II \
Bain, with Sir Robbins. Robbins II and Alcina
Robbins. and Miss K. L. Wilks who will be repre-
sented by Mograzia, Orc Lambert and Dora
| Chimes In the driving classes the number is
| small. but the quality is high The horses will
i include Dunlevy Milbank's Algen Z. T. Stotes-
| bdry's Lucia G.. a. r Bradley's Lorenzo Hamn
SID Hiss WiIkss William Stewart
There are some good in the roadster classes
among the entries being Crow & Murray's La Belle
| Buckney, E T Stotesburys Lucia G. and Pearl
/ Onward. Miss wiIks's Rhea ". and Mary Vincent
/ the hillearr FARMS Rose Worthy and NJ. o. X
| and Il. " Bains Cedar Robbins. There will be
| hotter contest than usual in the classes for
| horses and best appointed road rig. among the
Il
/ sa-n Farm. L T. Stotesbury. the Grand View
| Farm. the Ezsinore Farm and Miss wflks.
1 Among the exhibitors Of hackneys there are sew
/ sTal newcomers. Matchless Performer owned by
4 Ms Naie Barnum Warner, viii be there, and the
l other owners represented viii be Henry Fairfax.
/ r G Vanderbilt, H. s. Holloway. Clarence H.
| Mackay. the Elsinore Farm and the 1rvingtor
4 Farm. Ponies in harness will be- shown by the
| Rttsfo-d Farm, the Wattses. the Elsinore Farm,
G. H Simpson. the Avondale Farm, Cyril Carr,
1.v-<5 Mort Paul a
sn and A. G. Vanderbilt, and while the list is
not 2 long one there is lot OF quality and the
winners Of other years are likely 70 meet their
Waterloo some of the new little horses being
good winners in the past
Horses in harness always make great showing
ana this year is no exception TO the rule The list
| : only tr1fe smaller than in other years ana
| ihe missing ones are chiefly those which would
1 ba,7e no chance 10 win and are as well out OF IL
/ saving the ring 10 the better horses and making
. congestion Al the beginning Of the classes.
Nanv.of the winners OF other years will be there
srd in addition new bidders which will show that
they are worthy Of the Garden ring atter thelr
summer winnings.
IN -re hunter classes there is the usual long list
of competitors and old and new horses Will strug-
sa for The horors again. on the long list are such
as Cock Robin Midlothian, Foxhunter. Majesty
r & 3. Nicolas Star Of Bengal, Jim Crow, JACK
rms Centennial Ardsley. Nimrod, Sweet Brlar'
Essvicz Wild Rose. Lord Minto, Rupert Chance'-
or and Aiyopia. ali Of which are well known
larger number than ever before will be=seen N
TIE classes for cavalry horses and chargers. ana the
oontasr here will be keen. The Street Cleaning De
ua-rent will have its usual competition ana tIieIe
VII he many classes for novices- Nala VIII Oe
ths-e again 20 contend for the Forest King cup foi
gig horses and Mr Hartman viii trust his fortune
that horse alone
u the gold challenge cup for pairs to deml-
nal OF Stanhope phaeton, on which r. u JoruHiL
= r. Moore. J ". Hartman and the Fairmoh'
Tgn
4 sc FIVE good ones in P A Sorgs Dignity ana he
/ pet the Fairrnont FARMS Lord Baltimore anu
/ III MARYLAND II. the Irvington Farms Beiia1roh'
i srd Belle Of Irvinston, A q NanoerDiIt ms oilS
p,.- os 47-,+, peggy. and r c. Vanderbilt's Lord
| RuTleigh and Lord Brooke