The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-13

life. The horse shows are arranged
in so far as possible. with nOn-can-
fiicung dates and with some regard
to geographical conditions that is an
effort to have the shows in one Sec
ton of the country follow one another
in quick succession in the same season
of the year So that horse owners who
appear in the territory for one show
can, with a minimum of incOn-
venience, remain in the neighbOrhOOd
for the others Thus a horse owner
may nowadays find occupation for the
major part of the year by taking his
horses from one show to another.
Thanks to the new system above men
toned, there are few long Jumps
between Shows, and when these do Oc-
cur the special equine palace cars that
the railroads now provide enable the
four-foOted aristocrats to make the
journey in perfect comfort.
Creditable as would be the horse
show that might be gotten up solely
by wealthy horse owners, who would
bear their own expenses for the sake
Of the sport, there are no restrictions
of this kind. In order 10 attract pros
pective customers the professional
horse breeder is always glad TO enter
the pride of his stables, and at the
more important horse shows the
money prizes hung up are large
enough to make il worth while for
any horseman of moderate means 10
enter if ne has any confidence in the
superiority of his steeds. AT this
years New York show, for instance,
the cash prizes viii foot up $4,000
which it may readily be surmised is
sufficient 10 lure promising prancers
from Virginia, the blue grass region
of Kentucky. or any other locality
more or less distant from the metrOp-
oils
The modern American horse show
has expanded in scope as much as it
has increased in Importance. The best
evidence Of what a complex and YER
satile character the present-day horse
fair mas assumed is indicated by the
fact that the prize list prepared for
the national show was made to en-
brace 151 different classes. UndOubt-
eddy, the favorites today, as in the
past are the saddle horses for men
and women, including. as the shOwiest
branch of the whole family, the hunt
tiers or jumpers that are depended
upon TO furnish the chief spectacular
features for the show. Next to the
saddlers the greatest interest is man
ifested in the driving horses for car
Fiages. runabOuts, etc. This interest
is readily explained by the circum-
stances that a large proportion of the
people who attend horse shows know
something, or imagine they know
something from practical experience,
regarding carriage horses, even
though that experience has been con-
fined TO the most prosaic of family
"DObbins."
In this division of the horse show
realm the keenest competition is often
encountered in the class for runabOuts
driven by ladies, but from the stand
point of the casual spectator the most
fascinating features are those afforded
in the case of such novelties as tam
dems The fOurin-h hands of various
classes always appear to advantage
in a show ring, and nowadays there
are fOur-in-hand competitions of all
sorts, even to fOur-in-hands restricted
TO ponies. And just here it may be
added that the pony classes are in
variably popular at every horse show.
Originally such displays were sup
posed to be included solely for the
edification Of women and children,
but this class of hOrsehesh has long
since attained to the dignity of a place
in the horse show catalogues on its
merits, and the attention bestowed
upon ponies in general has been in
creased by the fine polo ponies which
have been imported to this country or
bred here in recent years, and by the
faddy gOverness carts and other lux
urious pony equipages with which
wealthy American families have been
wont 10 indulge their juvenile mem
beers.
The modern horse show also in
cludes among its displays a number of
classes that may not appear of much
importance 70 the layman, who judges
the equine panorama in accordance
with circus standards, yet which have
immense significance in the eyes OF
that considerable proportion of the
community that it directly interested.
AS an example of these seemingly
more prosaic additions to the horse
show procession there may be men
toned the class for heavy draft
horses 1t often happens, however.
that for all that such classes arouse
no enthusiasm when scanned in the
catalogue, the spectator, when actual
~ seated at the show ring tinds that
if he has a spark OF inherent admira-
ton in his makeup for his majesty
the horse. he cannot help but admire
the stately and magnificent ClVdes-