Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-23
LONG BRANCH IS
PREPARING FOR
THE HORSE SHOW
This Years Event Promises to
Surpass Previous Ones as
a Social Success.
Especial 70 the Newark start

, LONG BRANCH, July 23.-Nortf
Jersey Coast Society has made greai
preparations for the climax of tht
social season that will be reached mex
week with the seventeenth annual horse
show. Last yea this fashionable even
was witnessed by over 10000 people
n this summer every indication IL
for an even greater success. There ar'
house parties galore In the fashionable
Elberon. West End and Hollywood SEQ
tons OF the city, and the hotels ARK
crowded with visitors. representing thu
elite Of the society world. The dos
show today. held this year for the first
time before the horse show, brought
tho crowd earlier than usual. and there
will be more than a full week Of
extraordinary sayety.
Already there are coz OF activity
at the horse show grounds at Holly
wood Park, several strings of exhibits
having arrived and being Quartered al
the show stables. All records for en-
tries have been broken. This year
nearly 900 horses will be shown. some
~seventy-f1ve more than last year. AL
the sixty-four CLASSES for the five days
beginning Tuesday afternoon, are well
filled. and the rfvalries. particularly be-
tween the Vanderbilt, Watson and Sors
stables, will be keen.
Men internationally prominent will
act as Judges. Among them are Colonel
]. @. Beresford of London; Robert A.
Fairbairn, of Westf1eld: Clarence c.
Quintin, Of Philadelphia; Charles A.
Baudouine, of New York; James G.
Marshall. Of New York; James R Mad
dux. of Wayrenton, Va; Frederick
Lewisohn, John NICE. Bowman and
r. Lawrence Smith. of New York.
Frank I. Clark. OF Sheepshead Bay,
will act as starter of the running and
trotting races.
The attractions listed are more
numerous than ever before. A special
feature will be the running races
scheduled for each day, which include
quarter-mile for ponies, on Tuesday:
three-quarter-mile for galloways. We'd
nesday; three-eighths-mile for ponies,
Thursday, and haff-miie for galioways
Friday and Saturday. On Saturday.
too, there Is a mile trotting race, anna
tours as riders.
The prizes too. are the richest yet
offered. Over $1,000 In cash IL TO be
distributed in addition to many special
purses and cups. Among these spe-
cials are q purse for pairs to carriages
donated by FranlLJ. Gould. purse for
horse to rrnabouts by Colonel Robert
C. Clowry and purse for hunters carry
ing 1856 to 200 pounds to hounds by Al
fred G.. Vanderbilt. One of the hand
somes trophies is the $500 Patten chal-
lenge cup for best horse to gig. and the
$500 Paul A. Sorg cup offered in the
four-in-hand coach road race contest.
Walter e. Hildreth succeeded Joseph
J.. O'Donohue. deceased, for president
this 9 and P. J. Casey, who has
been secretary and treasurer and NOV
ing spirit for the whole seventeen
years, continues In that capacity. Other
officials embrace many distinguished
men. The directors include General
Thomas T. Eckert. ex-Senators Edward
Murphy. jr., and James Smith, 1r4
Frank J.. Gould, Fred Lewisohn, Le-
roy w. Baldwin and James T. Hyde
Among the honorary vice-presidents
are: Reginald G. Vanderbilt. jefferson
Seligman, Anthony N. Brady, c. P.
Doelger. B. J. Greenhut. Arthur H,
Horn, Daniel Guggenheim, A. A. Nc
York; Governor Fort. C. D. Halsey
and P. Sanford Ross, of Newark, and
Willing G.. Sickel, Of Trenton.
Outdoor sports have been the cal
this week. Golf and tennis are popular
and the links and courts of the Holly
wood Club have presented animated
scenes. Today the scratch competition
for the vice-president's cup of the gol1
club began, with classes of sixteen
each In match play. The new polo
campus near the old Monmouth Park
track was opened a few days ago. The
moonlight nights have made launch
parties on the river one of the most
popular diversions this week..