The Washington times., 1908-10-11


Members OF the -Four Hundred are al
ready beginning to make plans for en-
tertainments IN connection with the
I great annual Horse Snow at Madison
Square Garden. which this year comes
much earlier than usual opening, in
deed. on Monday. November 9-Jhat is
10 say, a full week before the inaugura-
/ ton OF the opera season at the Metro
I polItan. so that there win be no clash
I between the two attractions. Last au-
/ tumn it may be recalled that the Met
ropolitan and the Horse Show com
menced proceedings on the same day,
and as the parterre row at the opera
furnishes a far more advantageous set
/ ting by night to feminine beauty, jewels,
ard fnery than the boxes at Madison
! Square Garden. the evening sessions at
| the Horse Show suffered quite seriously
/ by the rivalry. This year there viii be
no competition of the kind, and Cor
nelius Fellowes and his fellow-directors
I Of the great equine exhibition antici-
/ pate that the attendance Of the fashion
/ able world will show a very marked
! increase, especially at night after din
( per.
Among the new features Of the show
. this year will be four-in-hand road com.
d
! challenge cup presented by Ben Riley.
The conditions Of the race call for road
I teams and coaches carrying seven per
sons, starting from the Arrow Head,
at nth street and Fort Washington
| avenue. at o'clock. bound for Madison
! Square Garden. where the judging takes
place. The run must be made within
/ the hour. under penalty Of disqualified
/ ton. For each half minute less than
} the schedule time one point viii be al
( lowed, and the teams viii be judged
/ on the time made and on their condition
| on reaching the garden. Alfred G. Van
4 derbilt, Reginald G. Vanderbilt. Col
/ Edward De V. MorreU. Of Philadelphia;
! c. Ledyard Blair. Robert L. Gerry,
! Reginald Rives and William c. CULVER
| will be among the competitors, while
! Col. De Lancey Kane and Col. William
/ Jay, the two veteran fourth hand
/ whips Of America and the oldest mem
/ bers Of the New York Coaching Club,
are TO act as judges
Expect Prominent Foreigners.
/ Among the numerous foreigners OF
/ rank at the horse show, and who with
our own -Four Hundred viii contribute
! 20 the presentation Of what may be de-
! scrlbed as the kaleidoscope Of fashion
( able society on both sides Of the At
: lanuc,' VIII he young Visc0unt Bort.
/ who arrived in New York last Thurs
f. day. il Is said on matrimonial thoughts
intent also the French Royal Duke and
[ Duchess of VendOme, their cousin. the
1 Duke de MOntpeusier. who returns here
+. at the end OF next week from Mexico
/ for another fOrtnights say: Lord Nil
I ner. formerly governor general Of South
] Africa, and the Hon. John and Mrs.
\ Ward. the latter Of whom viii be re-
/ called as Miss Jean Reid. daughter OF
I the American ambassador in London.
/ Young Mrs. Ward is very popular
/ among the fashionable Sc Of New York.
/ and is bringing her goOd-IoOking and
! pleasant-spoken Husband over here in
I order to make him acquainted with all
/ her relatives and friends. The autumn
/ will be spent by them In country house
visits on Long Island and in the West
: chester county district. the season in
/ New York, and then in January the
/ Wards Will accompany Mrs. WhiteIaw
/ Reid and her father. the venerable D.
I o. Mills, 70 bis beautiful winter home
I at San Mateo, Cal Johnnie Ward,
4 as he is known in London, is certain 70
4 make tACGAlelL preston mere his
: bearing and Utterances are character
} ized by all that tact, ny that absence
/ Of either arrogance or afectation, and
/ by that simplicity which distinguish the
{ members Of the royal English household
+ 10 which he belongs as equerry and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO the King. and
moreover rhe knowledge that his mar
riage was a love match pure and simple
/ IS certainly calculated TO increase the
kindness of his welcome. For whereas
Z IN the cases Of most international al
/ lianCes yclept international" the for
I eign bridegroom has q title and no
( money, Johnnie Ward has no title. but
q very tidy fortune Of his own. giving
( him an Independent income Of some
; s25,eoo or $4,000 q year
Falls First Wedding.
/ Tomorrow will witness the first large
i wedding OF the fall, namely, that Of
/ Rae Rogers. son Of Mr. and Mrs. Archie
/ Rogers, 70 Miss Marguerite Walker in
: the Collegiate Church. Fifth avenue and
J Twenty ninth street at $50 O'Clock
Hamilton Fish, IT., Henri Fairfield Os-
/ born. jr-. AmaT Johnson. Gordon Auch-