The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-03-07
WOMEN NILL DRIVE
IN TAN BARK ARENA
Miss LouIa Long and Others
Are Coming
TO HORSE SHOW MARCH 10

Night Astrastion Opens on Monday il
Glare of Liaht.-New Features For
Zach Performances schedulsd BY
Management.
Classification and prize lists are out
announcing the Fort Worth Horse
SHOW which opens the night of March
TO. and closes March 10 The show
VIII be held IN connection with the
Fat Stock Show, as usual. but will not
open on the same date with the Fat
Stock exhibit.
In years previous IL has been the
custom to start on with two ble shows
together but this year The Fat Stock
Show viii swing its doors open to the
public On Saturday. March 5. and the
Horse Show win not open until Mon
day night following.
But the Horse SHOW, which has be-
come the one great society event In
Texas, VIII be built along more ex-
tenslve lines the coming season than
ever hafore The show IN the spring
Of 1912 was the biggest and most com
plete exhlbitioa ot trained horses "a
ever exhibit 10 the South and already
the entries this year are such that the
Rest success IN the history 0f The
show
The Horse SHOW ring has become 4
great fashion attraction for the women
Of the United states. and OF late years
q great number OF women nave be-.
come devptecs Of the ripg The Fort
Worth show has been an attraction for
the women exhibitors for several years
and laat year the competition was very
Keen
Miss Loula Long OF Kansas city has
one Of the most famous string OF blood
ca horses In the world. 10 her lot has
fallen scme Of the handsOraest prizes
ever awarded an exhibitor II. the tan
bark ring Her winnings az the l.sn-
don Horse Show, Chicago, Kansas
City, St Louis and Madison Sauare
Garden have placed her IN the front
rank of American horsewOmen. King
a brown lr0tting stallion. has perhaps
won more Individual scores than any
other horse living. with this horse
Miss Long captured everything in
London. New York and other PLACES
King has always been strong winner
at Fort Worth The famous horse was
purchased by Miss Long Ia the Fort
Worth ring during the 1910 Horse
Show.
Last year Miss Long came to the
Fort Worth Show with an increased
string She had added to her coach
and Hackney string, and for the first
time presented young saddler that
has since won laur1ls wherever shown
Miss Long does an her own driving,
and Is considered 70 be a master Of
booded horses.
Mrs. Julius Walsh, a Kentucky bred
woman but now OF New York. was
contender M the 1912 show Her
string II drivers on many first prizes
and at five different times defeated
some OF The noted Long string II is
possible that Mrs Walsh will again
appear IN Fort Worth.
Resi1es these TWO women. Fort
Worth women Will be seen driving In
the ring There has been a sprlnklng
of women drivers for years. but the
1918 show will present the greatest ar.
ray OF all
The best stable in the South will
show IN the ring at the coliseum, and
this year will present the largest num-
ber of Texas horses since the beginning
Of the show Texas breeders have
been adding t0 their stables gradually
for the last few years and only last
year some Of the breeders who have
heen constant exhibitors increased
their stables to a considerable extent
Blue blooded horses from Kentucky
and the best stock IN every section
of the South VIII compete Many Fort
Worth horsemen are now training their
youngsters for the exhibition. and
nearly every Sunday the Fort Worth
Driving Clubs grounds are crowded
with drivers Ol every desert ription One
Fort Worth man, who has never be.
fore exhibited in the show ring, Is now
grooming d stable ~ six Youngsters
which he expects to be tn shape to
bring about stiff competition in their
classes.
The fat horse exhibition for 1918 will
be bigger than ever before The horse
husinoss in .he Southwest has been on
the up grade during the last year and
a large number Of the Eastern breed
ers are seeking favors IN Texas The
management has the assurance Of an
the cid time exhibitors and at this
time has several applications for stall
room from new exhibitors.
The big stables Of Iowa, Missouri
and Ohln want to show 81 Fort Worth
and the Fat Stock Show managenent
says that they will be given space II
new burns win have to be built.