New-York tribune., 1909-07-11
Preliminary Plans just
Announced for Bench
Show Also.

long Branch -. /. July 1e,-Not in twenty years
since Monmouth Park was the metropolitan racing
.necca has Long Branch entertained so many Nis
stors as this week The influx the first Of the week
was SO great that despite the unusual preparations
81 hotels and boarding houses were taxed beyono
their capacity Twice many hotels and oosru-
sns houses couid easily have been filled AS d re-
E5llt g number Of persons already planning 10
erect q large medium priced Motel and boarding
houses during the coming fall and winter Tor nsA'
season.
Coast society is now looking forward TO the next
fiE special attraction. the open air morse sho"'
(which H-l begin in weeks more. The auction
xof boxes VIII ne held next week and entries aie
s,ongtantly being made no0- After the horse snow
rhere VIII be some special form Of entertainments
eorovided every week fer the remainder OF the sea-
Eon.
Preliminary plans JUS announced for the bench
kboz tie week following the horse show, on Au-
EE1st =. show two hundrded silver special
rprizes IL addition 70 the cash prizes VII NC
awarded. The most prominent exhibitors ano Ae-
saels in the country viii he represented An ihho-
rzat;c5 xiii be the awarding Of bronze medals TOT
seach winners class. The medals. which are de
ssiEned by Charles Mcharness. the sculptor VII
bear the heads Of the bulldog Ch St vincent
AoNnea By Mrs c. NJ Hamilton. OF Cedarhurst'
sbs iris, terrier Nevrrv Phil owned by the Newry
hzennels, and the s.. Bernard White Star Beauty,
roTned 10y Airs. Anna Kahn Hynan, of Long
ssraach James Mortimer will superintend the
sshnu Among the Judges already selected are
FTFne Ne-ncna Jarbeau. French bulls; @, Muss-
sArrioi:. Great Danes and japanese and Pekinese
sepaniels: Annzi s Dodl. 81. Bernards and Dr. n
q. Feury, Boston terriers.
The week following the dog show will come the
sxeciety circus the week after that viii be old
aIo,ne" week and the week following the ocean
sronl carnival Automobile races a. Ekwood VIII
also be held during the month, at date yet to be
The local event Of the present week the be-
Axinairg Of a series Of special concerts. con
sl1g Of excerpts from entire acts and scenic pro
lsuction OF the following works: ''Stahat Mater.
aRossinl; Twelfth Mass. Mozart; +Halelujsh
khorus." Handel: The Heavens Are Telling
ts4advn: II Trevatore" La Travista. Aida and
~-Rigoletto.' Verdi; Lucia Donizetti: Faust.
AS50unod -Nignon. Thomas Bohemian Girl
Falfe: eCavalleris Rusticsna.' MascaEn: Les
lf5uguenots'' Meyerbeer. and '"TannhauseT Wag-
rer These are rendered by chorus Of tpo hun
sdred voices, supported by orchestra Of twenty
live soloists, with Max Schmidt as director Gustav
5einrich viii personally direct several OF the pro-
kuotions. Among the vocal soloists are Signora
Neronica La Iiberti and SignoT Alfredo Sappio-
The initial performance Wednesday evening,
rrhen the InflammatUs from the 'Stabat Mater
szras rendered, drew summer residents from all
along the coast from Point Peasant 70 Atlantic
Highlands In honor Of ;hem the series has been
xrsiled -cattsgers' nights It is the most am
bjtious musical effort yet attempted along the Jer
sey coast. and successful has il proved already
that grand opera viii probably be engaged for
feversl of the productions The big Casino eonven-
sion hall is used for These concerts, and boxes
named blue wistaria, red wistsrfa, poppy, Anerl-
can Beauty. dogwood and wild rose. from their
s5eco-stioas with flowers nave been installed
The free afternoon concerts by Schmdts Band
white and Gold in the pavilion. at the foot OF
Broadway and the evening concerts on the lawn OF
Ocean Park are proving more popular than ever.
The parking places are filed with automobile par
ties al every concert There are special features
every evening. Last night al the first Of series
OF popular song composers nights Ted Snyder
sang a number Of his songs. including one COM
posed for the occasion
Tomorrow Battery A. the crack artillery troop
tf East Orange will arrive with seventy-two horses
hauling cannon and all accoutrenlents on cross
country march 10 sea Girt. and viii camp in the
rear Of ocean Park for the night. The troop VIII
zpoea- III dress parade the ocean Drive early
sn The evening and give exhibition drill
To-day the first Of series Of four weekly gof
subscrfption handicap contests is being played on
-he Hollywood links Golf is enjoying an extraor-
rinar- vogue mere this summer already. ana AFTER
surf bathing is the most popular of outdoor sports
rsoariae and yachting the Shrewsbury are also
-,or1,lar and there ara many Grabbing parties out
railv The recent -ool weather has sen also a rec
ord breaking business at the clambake and shore
ssinner resorts along the river.
Long Brslrhs next convention viii be the ma
xigual gathering CT the 81. Patrek's Alliance, on
..1ulv 2s some five hundred delegates from nearly