Evening star., 1911-06-11
Some American Boxholders.

oeSlUeS the eXnlDltOrS, Otner American
boxholders are Clarence Moore, d. H.
Grand. Reginald Vanderbilt, Adam Beck
and Edward Morris OF the Americans
Adam Beck will judge harness horses and
fonies and their equipments. and Robert
j. Fairbairn. trotters, their pace and
action. Alfred c. Vanderbilt as usual
" i. Judge the costers' horses. an event
h.ch always supplies the comedy to the
srcw
Anong the many interesting features
tcst for the first time will be seen In
: land 8 equestrian circles are spe
tlss class for Russian horses and driving.
F!cine displays for teams of officers,
s'3oving the various methods of schooling
army horses in every modern country.
bending competition Cor polo ponies. and
fire brigade displays Particularly inter-
estins are the Russian entries. Russia's
cab horses and drivers have no counter
part anywhere. The two-horse cab iE
Russia is hitched TO a team. one of which
gallops and the other trots. This phase
OF eQuestrianism will be seen in the
class for trotter with prestashka. a gal
Looping mate. driven in wagon or drosky.
The Russian "Troila.v
Another Russian class ia for .'troila''-
driving three horses abreast the center
one at the trot and the others at the gal
lop. This needs only one coachman.
provided he is Russian.
One OF the most interesting competi-
tlons from the spectators point of view
will be the polo pony novelty. The ami
mais viii have to race between a line of
posts few yards apart-around one post
to the right and the next to the left the
fatal thing being to knock down a post
The flre brigade display. entirely new
this year. will provide many thrills. The
competitors will have to dash at full
speed around the course. lodging between
obstructions giving a margin of a scant
inch and half to each wheel.
In the woman's competition special in
ducements have been offered for the en-
try OF foreign teams, with the result that
the ladies' entries almost equal the men s
in number. Mrs. ii. s. Bowen, New
York's famous eauestrienne, is one of the
foremost of these. She will show in the
harness class the four brown ponies
which won distinction at Olympia last
season and which she purchased after the
show for 5000 apiece from William
Foster. The wives of the visiting army
officers are to give an exhibition OF fancy
..ding. special cup has been presented
hy Lady Greenail fer riding competi-
ton Tor girls under sixteen, and women
VIII be seen in every branch of horse
manship. including driving carts, tan
dems, pairs and fours.
GALAXY Of Aristocrats.
But aside from this display OF horse
flesh and beauty. with its attendant in
terest to lovers of equestrian sport, the
big feature of the coming show will be
the galaxy Of aristocrats that will witness
the performances This side of horse
shows has ever held for the proletariat
an interest that far overshadowed any
passing love of horse or turnout. This
year. as never before, will visitors have
the opportunity of gratifying their curios.
i.y, for there is not principality or re-
public OF Europe that will not be repre-
sen.ed by its titled envoys; while the
enormous wealth OF America and the
English colonies will spread a dazzlins
display OF beauty and jewels. King George
Staao0f viii grace the opening dav witt
n.s suS1st Dr>esue1. and. together With