The Washington herald., 1911-04-30

London, April G-June in London will
be a dazzling month this year, and our
American visitors will find it very siren
uous work indeed to attend all the vari-
GUS festivities, but whatever they do,
they must not leave out the international
Horse Show at Olympia, which will sur
pass anything of the kind ever seen here.
or in New York.
The interior of the vast building will
be transformed into a Tudor village,
very much similar to the one Mr.. William
Waldorf Astor has had built on his
estate at Cliveden.
1t is intended that the illusion shall be
as satisfactory as possible. The band
stand will be an Elizabethen cottage on
the slope of a garden. Fronts of half
timbered houses. topping and quaint.
with latticed windows, will disguise the
galleries of Olympia, for the special
benefit of the Americans, whose spirits
are free from the incubus of old things.
Best of all, there will be village inn
by the village green-tEe Lowther Arms
"a compliment TO the chairman of the
SHOW, the Earl of Lonsdale). 1t will have
a swinging sign. From the long caves
on the timbered front natural roses will
d
vey a sense Of realism.
The show will open on June u and 1t
will be open each day of the coronation
period. including coronation day, both
afternoon and evening, closing on June "a.
King Is Patron.
The prize list is a record for any horse
show It amounts to nearly s65,000. The
King is patron of the show, and he has
i,Do he
course by individual military officers of
any nation.
King Edwards cup was for team jump
ing. and is still in the list of prizes. 1t
was won in 1863 by France, and last year
by Belgium.
The competitions are more attractive
than ever, and for the first time entries
have been received from Germany, and
Russia promises about seventy officers to
come.
This year, as the number Of officers
taking part will be so large and repre-
sent so many nations, there will be a
great display in which all will appear,
beginning with a march. Representatives
Of the various countries will then show
their different methods Of training and
schooling chargers.
There are, as in the past, classes for
mounted constables, and the costers will
be there in force, to be Judged by Mr..
Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Prizes of s175 are
offered for the best donkey turnout, and
similar sum for a pony turnout
One novel and highly interesting fea-
ture in this years programme is the in
PRODUCTION of a Russian section, or
ganized by NJ. Okonishikoff and NJ.
! Watcher, presidents. respectively, Of the
Imperial Moscow and ST. Petersburg
societies for Encouragement Of Breeders
of Trotters; LieutE Gen. Idanovitch, NJ.
Soupounoff, and Gen. Skouhoff.
One competition will be for trotters and
prestashka, in wagon or droshky. In
this class two animals are driven to-
gether the horse on the near side being
a trotter and its companion a galloper.
In the troika class three horses are
driven abreast, the center animal q trot-
ter and the iankers being gallopers
The full equipment of Russian harness
and troikas will be provided for the first
time in England. Several Russian noble
men have intimated that they intend
sending their own horses, carriages, and
coachmen for these competitions