The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
Greatest Event Of It's
Kind in History Opens
Monday. 5
LEADING NATIONS
ARE REPRESENTED
Flower of Armies Of the World
to Compete-Polo Pony Nov
city Will Furnish Interesting
Competitions Many Amer
lean Entries Are to
Be Shown.

Especial Cable to The, Times D spa tch. II
London, June lo-The horse Is king
to-day. London and its thousands OF u
coronation visitors can talk of moth
Ing but the great international Horse
SHOW, that opens at Olympia Monday,
with the elite of the equestrian world f
from every civilized country entered.
For the moment interest In the great FL
er coronation has been transferred to II
the lesser one, and the whole city looks
eagerly forward to what Is destined to
he the greatest event of It's kind In all p
history. le5.
All grades or horseflesh, from ca b II
horse to charger, Will be represented; :
every known method of handling
horses riding, jumping, driving, and
on through all the Varieties practical !
and impractical. has a department., and
the winners Will share in the common
fund Of $4,000. which has been gath
cred for the event Every day of the y
exhibition Will present a program call
culatcdto hold rapt the attention iof
all horse lovers, and when the final day
OF the show, June 2t,. has passed 1t
Will be possible to retrospect upon the
event rs the greatest triumph ever
scored fort the horse. and in these days
OF the railroad, the automobile and the 4
aeroplane. 5SF
Every part of aristocratict Europe,
as well rs America, Asia. Australia,
South Africa, South America and New
zealand VIII be represented by turn
outs distinctive of the land from
whence they come. Titled visitors, &
hidden to London for the coronation,
have rhroughtlwlth them their prizes
winning hacks; royalty and enormous \.
wealth Will be represented; there Will
be events for women which will not
only brighten the slow with touch
of feminini,y. but Will bring together
the most famous horsewomcn In tho
world. and the entry list has been
swellcd until this historic event Is seq
ond In interest to none that will take
place during tho whole three months G
of English merrymaking. eii =
Flower of Armies. i.5tA
The flower of the armies of all the
world powers will compete In special
restricted events that are attracting
interest greater probably than any,
Others OF the contests. Among the 81
teams considered more than able to H
compare favorably With the English
knights and their stecds. the American
entrants stand first. The representa-
tives of the United States are:
Captain George Wiener. Eleventh
Cavalry; Captain Guy ". Henry. Lieu
tenant Gordon johnston Lieutenant E. q
+. Graham and Lieutenant Adna r.
Chaffee. Jr. Fifteenth Cavalry. son of
o.
who added lustre to American arms.
All the American contestants are lregu-Ss
larly stationed Mt Fort Myer near
Washington that nursery of American
horsemen. its.
The teams against which tho Amer d
lean army officers will compete rep
resent England, Germany. Italy, Spain,
Russin, Belgium and France, all OF
which countries have sent from ten
to twenty of their crack army officers
to represent them at the show. with
the result that this feature OF the Y
performance has stepped from the conf IS
parativcly embarrassing position held
In other exhibitions to ono of interna Is
tional Importance oy reason OF the
world wide rivalry of International
cavalry.
In the events, aside from the hil1
tary competitions, the United States (
o gain comes strongly to the fore. AS
usual Judge Moore heads the list OF
Americans with the number of his en-8
tries. Other American exhibitors are
,, Il. Il. Stotcsbury of Philadelphia, j. F, VI
Morgnn's banking partner; G. w Watt
son. II. III. Wentherbee. Julian Morris, Is
of Vire nia, and Thomas w, Lawson. h
of Boston. 5js t5
The number Of American horses to Il
be shown is nearly double that liz any
| previous year. ,5s
.ncricnn Box-iIoIdcrs
| Besides tho exhibitors, other Amer
! lean boNholdcrs are Clarence Moore.E
| D. II. Grand, Reginald VanderbIt.lAdam 4
| Beck and Edward Morris. OF the Amer
| leans. Adam Beck Will Judge harness
| horses and ponies and their equlp-S
| mentS. and Robert y. Fairbairn, trot-#
| tors. their pace and acton. Alfred GIN
| Vanderbilt, as usual. Will Judge the
| costers' horses. an event which always
supplies the comedy to the show N
Among the many interesting features !;
| that. for the first time. will be seen &
in t:ngland's equestrian circles. arer a |,
+! special class for Russian horses and Z
f, driving riding d 'splnys for teams OF
| officer. showing the various methodsS
( OF schooling army horses In eyery.4
! modern country; bending competltionSE
for polo ponies, and Are brigade dis 1
| plays. Particularly interesting are thc1s
] Russian entries. Russia's cab horsea y
and drivers have no Hterparti any T
| where The two horse cab in Russiass,
| Is hitched to q team. one OF whlohli
| gallora and the other trots9 Tbisl5
! phase of eduestriansm Will he seen it'd
! tho class for trottcrs: with Prcstash ka,A
a salloping mate. drvenIin wa gon ors I,
doushky. L. y, ti25 " M
] Another Russian class isffora Ttroiias{
driving three horses ahreastl-th 6S
esn!Le 2Hs e the tEos sna lie Sth sSfa