New-York tribune., 1908-11-10

| a-zs m-Iudrinr thirte~, ta1d-1ns. Class A.
| $50 . n-JudE1nE ponies in harness Class 90.
| Ie:Ie p nn.-JudEns those lsdy's qualified hunters
/ selected compete in Class 81
II blaze Of light. with q fanfare Of tr7lH1-
pets and before as big as enthusiastic and as
eulercidlv arrayed audience as ever tore
itself away from dinner 70 see the real open
ing n horse show. the twenty fourth annual
exhibition Of the National Horse Show Associa-
ton Swung into being last night in Madison
Square Garden OF course the real opening OF
--e show had come II the early morning. hours
before but Il takes more than horses 70 make
-he New York show what II has come 20 be-
and 10 ore not the lovers OF the horse
,.-ho Spend most % t-e week growing and the
-es- Of il II furtivelv looking 81 the social dis
pIsv- IN the boxes and the brilliant throng that
walks around the ring all evening in an endless
stream Of brilliant color. pretended that the
The week u equine glory had begun until
-he brilliant scene of the evening filed the
sorbre Garden with light and life and color
Never was there contrast more vivid than be
---ee- the ,nening night a year ago and the
brilliant scene yesterday Then the great an
phfrhea1-e vas decked il IT'S accustomed coiors
Of orange and black and black and orange again
Good colors both. and enblenatical IF the ar
-ual visit Of the horse, but sombre. perhaps, and
grown little tiresoune 70 those who have gone
-ea- after year 10 see tle growing show; and
-7oss who vera there last year were far from
he happy crowd that had been wont 70 attend
C-ave-v there vas. but II was forced Men and
women were there u forget the financial crash
and ruin that had 50 suddenly become thing
-5 o. -eckoned with in places that had been open
only 70 luxury AID cara free pursuit Of pleasure
NV DECORATIONS FOR THE SHOW
r-47e last night was the orange and the black.
Here and there 70 be sure. i appeared. but only
Is z part Of as pretty Z scheme Of decoration
ss vas ever ernployed for such function Red
white and blue flashed over the columns and the
z-ae-s 7nvriads Of sparkling electric light bulbs
brought out tlae softened outlines of the Garden
and bright tones replaced everywhere the mo-
uotony OF the horse show coors-
And there was more brightness and cheer. too,
II The thousand who filed the boxes and walked
aboyr rhe ring The panic vas thing Of the
-zs- and the threat of the election was over
People are on the rebound. and they showed II
last night. and again the Horse Show proved
ITSELF : true barometer of feeling in the city
and country
y the horser1en who lined the rails looked al
the show Of beauty and % wealth above, those
n the boxes paid 10 less attention 70 the ring
and the beauties that Il held More numerous
nan last wear the entries in the many classes
>-,r1v maintained the high standard Of quality
set then - q reduced entry list, and the lovers
~ horsehesh found SO much that was good 70
see in the ring that they went away fully salts
60 that the week 70 bring them the nnest
se- II contests that ever kept speculative
r-rz-,e. raging as II the merits Of the differ
ent stables
POUR BLUE RIBBONS FOR c " WATSON
There was 10 such contest yesterday as that
which marked the opening day q year ago pc
tueer Alfred and Reginald Vanderbilt. but there
for z1SeT9r
ia the four appearances Of c " Watson's Fair
non, Farms stable fresh from remarkable
series Of triun1phs a. the summer shows Each
tine that NJ Watson's horses entered the ring
: blue ribbon rewarded their Efforts and his
-ol-r-in-lznd. IN the evening. which won the
%-st erthusiastic applause from the crowd in
TIE boxes when II beat Paul A Sorg's fine quar-
tet of horses. reversed the verdict at Long
Branch
Probably M Watson much satisfac-
ton as the show VIII hold for him when. IN the
afternoon. his fne pair. Kitty Grey and Norena.
7on - Class -. for randems- Opposed 70 them
were J " HarrlraaE's VI beaten Lady Dilham
and the good Vtscount Sahbury, and victory was
conceded by many 70 the Avondale Farm entry
But the verdict Of the Judges was the other way.
snd strer long discussion Lady Dilham had 10
step around the ring with red ribbon as her
reward
Earlier in the afternoon Mr Watson had won
another victory that must have been highly
pleasing R-ith Ny Maryland and Ny Maryland
II This fine pair. which Won the class for
horses harnessed 70 broughams in the evening.
Won II Class 2s from Paul A Sorg's Dignity and
Respect and established for Mr. Watson the
record of winning this class in three successive
years
Reginald and Alfred @. Vanderbilt did meet
in one class. coming together with Amazement
sao Hertes. respectively. In the class for heavy
weight harness horses but they did not figure
extensively usual Arlazernent got the
gate and Alfred Vanderbilt received nothing
better than the yellow ribbon after his brother
had driven out, disgruntled- George watson
Ben Hur took the blue from } W Harrtr1ans s
handsome F1ashIight
little Miss Kate antony, VINO rode her fathers
black mare Queen Bess with noticeable cooiness
n the big class for lady's saddlers In the after
noon and got the white ribbon that stood for
highly commended" popular with the