The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-24
ENTHUSIASM
 FOR HORSE SHOW
BOARD OF GOVERNORS HOLD FIRST MEETING TO ARRANGE
 FOR SPLENDID EVENT
Hundreds of Blue Ribbon Animals En. tered-s7 900 Win Be Given
 in Prizes.

If the initial meeting of the board of governors of the Hot Springs Horse Show Association can be taken as a criterion, the great exhibition of blue blooded. blue-ribbon steeds to be shown here March 5 to 9, will be a success. IL was the first meeting that the board of governors held and they oc. cupy the same relative position to the Horse Show Association that the eX- ecutive committee of the state Fair does to that organization.
 Mayor Waters was elected chairman of the meeting and George R. Beid- ing, Of the Business Mems League, secretary. The plans for the seating facilities ordered by President F. NJ. Barnes, whereby there will be 8 spe- cial private boxes provided together with S3S reserved seats, were submit ted and work h arranging this new facility will be commenced in ample time for the exposition.
 In order that aii present may un- derstand fnlly what has already been accomplished hy Mir Barnes, secre- tary Bedding read the list of names of those Mhn- AaXe entered their respect i've horses. Among them are the most prominent men and women in the horse show world in the United States Miss Lulu Long of Kansas City, whose horses have swept everything hefere hem in Che Denver horse show, last week. will be among the leading ex- hibitors Adolphus Bush, whose styl ish eQuipages were at one time most pleasant and attractive sight on Cen tral avenue and the mountain drive ways, will also send his stahle of blue ribbon winners to the local horse show. From Kentucky, the state noted for it's horses and pretty wom- en, W. s. Roberts, of Lexington, and Lawrence Jones, of Louisville, have entered their horses, while. the Pabst
 interests of Milwaukee, one of the leading competitors in the Chicago and Milwaukee horse shows, have no- tified Mir Barnes that they will be represented here with a fine string of horses. Robert H. Mccormick. a prominent magnate of the harvester trust. will have his horses in the ex- hibtion to be given here. The Mar shall Brothers of Chicago, and Bu- chanan and Sens. Mendota, Ill., will also be among the entries.
 Word was also received from the Chicago office of Mir. Barnes that the Chicago and Alton railroad had made arrangements to send to the Hot Springs show & special train of 250 enthusiasts
 Instead of the show being held al night. after conference with those more familiar with open air entertain ments. it was deemed advisable to have the contests during the day Enough horses have been entered to assure an average of sixty prize-win- niag steeds each afternoon Inquiry as to the amount involved in premt ums showed that the sum had aggre- gated over $1o0o.
 Another indication that men promi- nent in the horse show world are 'taking an interes. in this big event for this city was shown in the list ot judges Mr. Barnes wrote had been selected and accepted for this great social feature They are Waiter Palmer. who has been a well known judge In the taubark arena at the Chicago exposition; Professor Throw bridge. who has mdged horses in the St. Louis and Memphis shows; W. C.. Harris, who has promoted the horse shows of Milwaukee. and Tom Bell, a millionaire enthusiast and critic of horses, of Chicago
 Diamond Match" Moore, it was an nounced. had -alee entered a few of his horses. and 1t was conceded that this attraction would bring to Hot Springs the most representative and wealthi- est men and women in the country. Newspapers throughout the larger cit les are already commenting on it's great social features