The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-20
CROWDS COMING
 FOR HORSE SHOW
REPORTS COMING IN OF SPECIAL
 TRAINS AND LARGE CROWDS EXPECTING TO COME.
First of the Big Stables Expected to Arrive in the City During the
 Present Week.

Everything is in readiness for the reception -of the horses entered by Miss Lnla Long. of Kansas City; MT and Mrs O J Mooers, of Coum. bia, Mo; and Hook and Woods. Par. is, Mo; which will arrive in this city during the week, which enh Is will prove important contenders in the great horse show to be given at Oak. lawn park March to 9.
 The first Of these stables is expect, ed tomorrow, when the horses be- longing to Miss Long will be here.
 A session of the board of governors was held yesterday at the Business Mems league Mr. Barnes reported that the horse show special" which the Chicago and Al.on railroad Is sending direct from that city here has been enlarged in order to ac- eemmodate the crowd Of horse show enthusiasts, and t is more than like ly that it will be run in two sections. The company two weeks ago announc- ed that reservation had been made for 250 persons, but this number has now grown to 390-and the end is not yet.
 Frank Pabst of Milwaukee and his friends will make up a party of 165 already booked for the horse show. and there will come a personal fol lowing of 75 from Kansas City. who are the close friends of Miss Long, to say nothing of several score more who are interested in the horse show. St. Louis is also sending two train loads over the Iron Mountain and the Rock Island, and James R. Hayes stated at ther meeting of the board of governors that the reservations for the Park hotel for March. especially during the horse show week, were tho largest~and most representative that he has ever received Similar reports were also received from the East man and Majestic hotels
 The first auction of private boxes will be held Friday night in the Ar lington hotel
 The board of governors asked May. or Waters who was chairmea of the meeting, to request the local mer chants to begin putting out their window display and appropriate and consistent horse show decorations. It is the hope of this body than the To. cal merchants win take enough pride in this great social event to put forth every effort to make their window display and stores, inside and ont, as attractive as possible.
 While automobiles will be admitted within the grornds. it was unanimous- ly decided to prohibit them from go- ing on the infield at any time, This action was made necessary when sew eral of the prominent exhibitors an. nouneed that they would refuse 10 show their. horses if any automobiles were on the infield or near the ring proper. Some of these horses are valued at thousands of dollars
 4 grievance committed consisting of Messrs. Bedding. Kline and Laser we're appointed to look after any com. plaints that may be made and settle questions or contentious that may arise other than those of the deci sion of the judges, which are irreyo- cable.
 Each one present at the meeting was most enthusiastic and the pre-. diction was made that the horse show will prove the greatest advertisement that Hot Springs has ever had, By next week a majority of the horses will De here and 1t won't be long be- fore some of the most fashionable equipages in the Uaited statesa gre seen along Central avenue and o1 the mountain driveways