New-York tribune., 1911-11-18
AWAIT CALL OF BvGLE
Horses Cfamping in Stalls at
Madison Square Garden.
BIG SHOW TO OPEN TO-DAY
UNPARALLELED Decorations and
Large Entry Insure Success
of Great Exhibition.

With the call OF Boots and Saddles"
blown on a silver bugie the curtain viii
rise on the twenty-seventh annual Horse
show at o'clock this afternoon. When
the first class to he judged prances over
the fresh tanbark to the fanfare ~ a mill
tary band the last horse show that vii ever
ne held in Madison Square Garden will he IN
fun swing Late yesterday afternoon the
last electric light bulb was put In place and
the final touch was given 70 the pergola
that forms the main entrance 10 the amphi-
theatre.
Alfred c. Vanderbilt. president or the
National Horse Show Association. and the
board of directors visited the Garden last
evening after the lights were turned on.
AMI they expressed themselves as highly
pleased with the decorations
er. Vanderbilt announced that he had
Just received a cable dispatch from the Earl
OF Lonsdale. president of the International
Horse Show. OF London. and another from
Baron du Tell president OF the Concours
Hppique. Of Paris. wishing the National
Horse Show every success
IN the stalls at the Garden and in vari-
Gus private and public stables throughout
tn city hundreds of grooms are rubbing
the last speck of dust from the shiny coats
and hoofs OF iS25 horses-a larger entry
list than that of any OF the former shows.
The exhibition will be open every morning.
afternoon and evening next week with the
exception OF Sunday. and will close on next
Saturday night.
All Of the foreign officers whose blue and
& bid will add much TO the brlliancy OF the
show have reached New York. and most OF
them will be seen in action this afternoon
anc evening in the open jump competition.
An especially good programme has been
arranged for this afternoon. the first class
70 be judged being eighteen harness horses,
novices. There will be two pony classes.
the entries to be driven or ridden by chill
C-en. and twenty-seven saddle horses will
be judged in the class for novices between
fifteen hands one inch and fifteen hands
three inches high. In this latter class wlil
be eleven women riders, and they will show
some OF the champion saddlers Of the 1911
summer horse shows Seventeen novice
roadsters. including z. T. stotesbury's Lot
tie Sherbet and Brother Spier. Mrs Horatio
Y. Bain's Ceds Robbins and Miss X. l..
W Inns Lulu hOIS dLlds VIII Dc JiuBHu dL
3:45 D. m.
The first division of Class 143. in which
III entries have been made, will be
Judged at 415 O'clock This is the open
jump class for hunters and jumpers from
ffty-seven of the entries will be judged
in the afternoon and the remaining fifty
seven at $50 o. clock tonight In this COM
petition performances over fences only
are 70 count, the scale of points TO be as
follows: First refusal or boltng, 1 fault;
second refusal or boltng. faults; third
refusal or boiling, debarred: horse or
rider or both falling, faults: horse knock
ing down fence with front legs. faults;
with hind legs, faults; touching fence
with front legs. 1 fault touching fence
with hind legs, y fault; clearing fence. no
fault No horse will be allowed more than
two minutes to complete the course.
One Of the best classes of horses in sin
gle harness to be seen during the show
will be judged at the opening of this even
ing's session OF the show. The list of
twenty-five horses In this class includes
sllfeld Lily, owned by Reginald c. Van
derbilt: Honor Bright and Honor Boy,
owned by Mrs. J. S. Walsh; Perfect Mo-
ton and Charm owned by Judge william
II. Moore. and Baronet, Satire and Lady
Sunderland. owned by J. Sumner Draper.
At $50 p. m. there will be a class Of
thirty-six saddle horses Judges, a number
OF them being ridden by officers OF the
United States and English armies. Two
fine animals in tllis class will be Yvonne
Sherry, entered by Mrs George W.
I,ederer. and Lady Debonaire, entered by
Mrs. James p. Mckay. Olive. a chestnut
mare from the stables Of August Belmont.
and Tocsin, owned by Mrs. G. Weeden
Clark. Of Palisade, n. j., will be other con-
testants for the cup.