The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-08

classes for the first time in the history
of the organization and will make the
event international in character.
Forty-six of the 155 classes are for
horses of various breeds, to be judged
as breeding stock In the division for
runners and trotters few changes have
last year. In the division for hack
neys the class for stations showing
their get has been omitted, and three
new classes have been added. The
class for Morgan horses has been in
creased by two, while Shetland and
other ponies have been well cOnSid-
cred.
In the division for heavy harness
horses the classification of the Lon
don international show has been fol-
lowed closely by instituting novice
and open classes, but the six novice
classes are not really for novice
horses, since any animal that has Won
at the Garden is eligible to compete.
Separate harness classes for dealers
horses have been discontinued, but the
appointment classes from which the
are now open to them. These classes
are eight in number. The heavy har-
ness championships have been in
creased to six The events are open
to winners, and every eligible horse
must be shown on pain of FORGETTING
all prizes won.
One of the new classes in the heavy
harness division is for pony tandems.
Another is an appointment class for
children's pony turnOuts. There are
ten classes for harness horses but no
provision has been made for a cham
pionship, an innovation that would
find favor with all exhibitors. The
classification for saddle horses shows
few changes from last season, except
that two new classes are for novice
horses under and over 1872 hands. In
the hunter division two new classes
are noticeable, which should improve
these classes.
For each of the great breeds of
draught horses there are five classes,
with cash prizes of $1,000 for each
breed And in addition to these prizes
Alfred G. Vanderbilt the new presi-
dent of the association, has donated
four silver cups valued at 500, to be
awarded as prizes in the four cham
pionship classes for stations of the
Clydesdale. Shire, PercherOn, and
Belgian breeds Four additional
classes are open to draught horses of
all breeds, to be judged for work and
not for breeding.
Many special prizes and several
challenge cups have been donated for
the exhibition. Chief among the lat
ter trophies is the Waldorf Astoria
Challenge cup. This will be for i -
best mare or gelding not under 10
hands by a registered hackney sire or
out of a registered hackney dam, to
be shown in heavy harness.
Automobile Show.
Turning from the old-fashiOned
York to Atlanta. the great event of
the week will be the National Motor
Car show now open i'll the Georgia
capital and the races which will be
held in connection Herewith. The
series of speed contests will begin t"
morrow and continue five days. The
new Autodrome will be used and the
track is said to be exceptionally fast
and has attracted some of the Ees'
drivers in tn world.
Football.
Football will begin to get first pag2
positions in the press of the country
this week The great annual contest
between Yale and Princeton is Sched-
will doubtless be witnessed by an
enormous crowd Already the demand
for seats far exceeds the capacity OF
the Yale grandstand. 1t is generally
admitted that while the Ellis stand the
best chance, they will have to fight for
a victory over the sturdy Tigers.
On the Pacific coast the great footr
ball contest of the year is that be-
tween the University of California
and Leland Stanford, and next Satur-
day is the day and date for the strug
gle. A grilling exhibition of the
Rugby game is anticipated.
The two great intersectional con-
tests between East and West Will be
played Saturday, when Michigan
meets Pennsylvania at Philadelphia,
and Chicago and Cornell play at lth-
AGA. These games will attract atten-
ton all over the country. PennSy ex-