New-York tribune., 1910-11-12
BUGLE TO CALL HORSES
~Boots and Saddles" This After.
noon Will Open Show.
JUMPING CLASS LARGE
Two Thousand Orphans and Ten
ement House Children Have
Been Invited to Attend.

formally 20 the public for the twenty-sixth
time at Madison Square Garden this after
noon at . O'clock The familiar Boots
and Saddles" will ring out through the
decorated building. and as fits echo dies
away I'D IN the enormous pink silk canopy
,nat has been stretched aloft TO hide the
from gfraers and trusses OF the roof, the
Gait KIlties Band VIII burst into music
end march proudly around the tanbark
arena
This viii mark the official opening OF the
horse show, and ere the music ends the
srst class viii be waiting at the entrance
gate 20 the Judging ring.
The programme for the afternoon exhfbi-
tion Is as follows:
At2p. m.-Judging twenty-six novice har-
hess horses.
AT 2:S9 p m.-Judging eight ponies in
harness.
AT 2.45 D. m.-Judging twenty-six novice
eaddle horses.
AT 800 p. m.-Judging twenty-thTee novice
soadsters.
AT ?. m--Judging thirteen children's
ponies: children 10 ride
At 40 p. m.-Judging eight ladies' saddle
horses: ladies TO ride.
At $40 p. m.-Judging three road teams
Cfour-in-hands). on their arrival from Ar
sowhead Inn
At p. m.-Judging forty-two hunters or
jumpers.
AT 6 o'clock, II the judging OF the jump
sng class is finished, a recess viii be taken.
Being the first jumping class OF the show,
81 is expected a very large percentage Of
the forty-two entrants viii present them
selves TO try conclusions over the bars and
win tbs appreciation of the judges. who will
be r. Lawrence Smith, of Smithtown.
Long Island: A. s. Craven, Of Greenwood,
Va, and Edward II. Carle.
For this evenings exhibition the follow
tng programme has been arranged:
At .. m.-Judging thirty novice harness
horses.
At S:S5 p. m.-Judging thirty-five novice
saddle horses.
AT $40 p. m-Judging six pairs Of horses,
shown 10 private omnibuses.
At s:35 p. m.-Judging thirteen militia
mounts.
At $50 p. m.-Judging ffty-two jumpers.
All the jumpers. ninety-four of them, for
to-day's Judging are entered in one class
which is No. 1Ss and is the open jumping
class. II is the largest entry ever received
for class at the New York Horse Show.
Teams Of cavalry officers from the armies
oe Holland. England, Canada and the
United States have made many Of the nine
ty-four entries in this class. and at both
Ct to-days exhibitions number of brilliant
uniforms fitting TO and fro among the
horsemen in civilian dress will lend color
and picturesqueness TO the RAPIDLY moving
scene in the ring.
Brush fences, a stone wall. posts and rails
and other obstacles viii be set up at proper
intervals around the arena for testing the
jumping abilities OF nearly a hundred
horses. How the army horses and riders
will show up in competition with the hunt
ers viii be matter Of passing moment 10
\ laymen as well as to the talent.
N During the afternoon ticker service in
y the members clubroom VIII furnish all the
news ard results of the football games
scheduled for to-day.
Al p. IN. the Arrowhead Inn road race
Tor four-in-h hand coaches viii be started.
The three entries-Alfred G. Vanderbilt,
Paul A. Sorg and the Ayreshire Farm
VIII make a genuine road race. the condi-
lions of the event requiring that the ten
miles from the inn TO the arena Of Madison
Square Garden be covered within an hour
without change Of horses This is stipu-
lated so that competitor may not elect TO
dawdle along and save his horses in order
10 bring them before the judges in Madi-
ser Square Garden in superior condition TO
those Of his rivals.
AS reward for extra good pace In MAX
Eng the Ien-nile stage, the judges will al
low one point for each minute under the
hour. This viii count in making the award
OF the handsome challenge cup offered by
Ben Riley When the rival teams reach |
the Judging ring they will be inspected
r7c e1-- 1,zr-
Canada and Walter Z. Bliss and Charles
=. BaudOUine. Of New York. who will size
W the conformation Of the horses and their |
fitness for work ia road coach. also TAX
ing careful note Of tie condition in which |
they finish the ten-mile race
After This part OF the judging has been
finished The points allowed for finishing
within an hour viii be figured up and then
the Judges viii make their award Morris
Z. Hewlett and Alfred q. Vanderbilt have
each won a leg on the cup If the Van |
Gerhilt horses win to-day's race the cha,- |
lenge cup viii become their owners abso-
lutte property.
c I. Croker secretary 10 Alfred G. |
Vanderbilt. who has been rounding up the /
children from the different charitable in |
stitutions IN greater New York invited by |
rhe directors Of the National Horse Show
20 attend the opening exhibition this after
noon. said yesterday that approximately
TWO thousand youngsters would occupy the
galleries.
The Orphan Home and Asylum OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church Will send
sixty: the Mission OF the Immaculate Viz
gin al Mount LorettO, Staten Island, 80 |
with drum corps Of ffty-1ve: the HAN
Orphans Home. fifty; the City OF New
York Orphanage Asylum at Hastings, |
eight; the Gerry Society, twenty-five; the |
Five Points Mission. 100 and the Roman |
Catholic orphanages Of Brooklyn. 2fa, head /
ed bv a Juvenile band OF forty pieces a bout |
fifteen hundred children from tenement I
homes who are being educated in Industrial 4
pursuits in schools conducted under the
management Of the ChiIdren's Aid Society |
VIII attend.
For the benefit OF these little people two
pony classes have been included IL this az
rerno0n's programme One Of these will be
FOX PONIES in single harness, the other for
saddle ponies ridden by boys or girls.