El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10

Americans Are to Figure
Largely in Entries and
Contests.
IS TO BE LEADING
CORONATION EVENT

London, Eng. June 1O.-The horse IS
king today. London and its thousands
Of 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
from every civilized country entered.
For the moment, interest in the great
er coronation has been transferred to
the lesser one, and the whole city looks
eagerly forward to what is destined to
be the greatest event Of its kind in all
history
All Grades Represented.
All grades OF horseflesh from can
horse to charger will be represented;
every known method of handling horses,
jumping, driving and on through all
the varieties, practical and impractical,
has department, and the winners will
share in the common fund Of $65, 900
which has been gathered for the event.
Every day Of the exhibition will pre-
sent program calculated to hold rapt
the attention of all horse lovers, and
then the final day Of the show, June
"a, has passed, it will be possible to
retrospect upon the event as the great
est triumph ever scored for the horse
and in these days of the railroad, the
automobile and the aeroplane.
Interest Worldwide.
Every part of aristocratic Europe, as
we'll as America, Asia, Australia, South
Africa, South America and New Zea-
land will be represented by turnouts
distinctive of the land whence
they come Titled visitors hidden to
London for the coronation have brought
with them their prize winning hacks:
royalty and enormous wealth will be
represented; there will be events for
women which will not only brighten
the show with a touch OF femininity,
but will bring together the most IA
nous horsewomen in the world, and
the entry list has been sweHed until
this historic event is second in interest
to none that will take place during
the whole three months of English
merrymaking.
American Representatives.
The flower Of the armies of all the
world powers will compete in special
restricted events that are attracting in
terest greater probably than any 9TH
ers of the contests Among the teams
considered more than able to compare
favorably with the English knights and
their steeds, the American entrants
stand first The representatives OF the
United States are:
Capt. George Vidmer. 18th cavalry;
Capt Guy ". Henry, Lieut. Gordon
Johnston. Lieut. E. F. Graham and
Lieut. Adna r Chaffee, jr.. 18th cav
airy. All the American contestants are
regularly stationed at Fort Myer. near
Washington
The teams against which the Amer
lean army officers will compete repre-
sent England. Germany, Italy Spain.
Russia Belgium and France. all Of
which countries have sent from 10 10
20 of their crack army officers = rep
resent item at the show. With the re-
ST.. ttst tais feature Of tha perform =
anre has stepped from the c0Esp ire-
lively undressing position held in
ot..cr exhibitions TO one IF in-srna-
ticEal importance. by reason Of the
world wide rivalry of international
cavalry
In the events aside from the military
competitions. the United States again
comes strongly TO the fore. AS usual,
judge Moore heads the list of Ameri-
cans with the number Of his entries
Other American exhibitors are E 7.
Stotesbufy Of Philadelphia. J. P. Nor
gan's banking partner; c. NJ. Watson,
E H Weatheroee. Julian Morris of
Chicago and Thomas W. Lawson of
Boston
The number of American horses to
ne SHOW II IS nearly uOuuic tHdl ANY
previous year.
Other Competitions.
One of the most interesting compet;-
tons from the spectators point of view
will be the pony novelty. The ANIMALS
will have to race between a line of
posts q few yards apart-arounI one
post to the right and the next TO the
left. the fatal thing being to knock
down a post.
The first brigade display, entirely
rev this year. viii provide many thrills
The competitors will have to dash ut
full speed around the course. lodging
between Instructions giving a margin
of a scant inch and a half to each
wheel
In the wOmens competitions, special
inducements have been offered for the
entry Of foreign teams, with the result
that the ladies' entries almost equal
the mems in number. Mrs. H. S Bowen
New York's famous equestriene, 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. ard which she
purchased after the show for $4,000
apiece, from William Foster The
wives of the visiting army officers are
to give an exhibition Of fancy riding
A special cup has been presented by
lady Greenall for a riding competition
for girls under 16. and women will be
seen in every branch of horsemanship,
including driving carts, tandems, pairs
and fouTs.