The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
MANY NOVEL FEATURES
At ANNUAL HORSE SHOW
Arrangements Complete for Big
Event to BE Held Mt Madison
Square Garden Next Month.
wEsTERNERs ARE TO RIDE
Coterie OF Women and Men in Cow
boy Contests--"Gondoln Of the
Pavements" to Have Special Day.
Traffic Squad Will Display Skill.
FnIrcEES:,skAN,o>E4sss

NEW YORK, November s.-When the
hoofbeats resound in Madison Square
Garden, Mt the Red and White Cross
Horse Show, during the week OF De-
cember T. 1t will he in unison with tho
sympathy now dominating America for
the wounded on the battlefields and the
women and children made desolate by
the great war.
In addition to the ls1 classes. an
array of new special prizes have
brought the value of the premiums to
De awarded 10 an excess over those in
competition at the 1913 National Horse
Show, which is supplanted for the pres
ent year by the charity feature. En-
tries In all classes and specials close
Mnny Novelties Promised.
Without vergins on the sensational,
there are more novelties to appeal to
horsemcn In the conditions. whe her
drivers. rld,rs, dealers or breeders. than
can show Tho features Include the
opening OF novice harness horse classes
to to denisrs, the exclusion of champions
horses and the efforts to define and
adhere to the type" of horse best
adapted for the PURPOSES of the class.
IL has been decided to hold the
Cortlandt Park to the Garden. for army
Or or militia Ihti mounts, ON the first day Of
VII VIII S9 Spnr rain he or snne The route
through Central Park and Fifth
Avenue, and furnish an exciting finish
be General Mills. United States Army.
Of Washington. and Major Charles II.
Benton. veteran of General Phil
H Hn ai,I STAFF VIII serve as starter.
horse that Is not in evident condition
and stamina for the contest
Gong VIII Mnrls Time.
Entirely new among, the accessory
Ing OF n gond when class exceeds
the time limit allotted to II on the judg-
ing schedule Action, will stop with
match. The rule is intended to end the
eXasperating arnoyances due 10 a class
holding the ring too long. through the
dciatory work OF the judges, or for any
other reason.
Another new detail viii free the ring
from the incumbrance OF a Judging
exhibit. and from the gathering OF by
ISLANDERS. often mere poseurs and idlers,
Work ny s tH SPEEDY Ind
der the rails at u convenient location
to serve as a tunnel-like entrance and
duty, viii be used Instead by by the ne ring NJ
and telephone clerks, leaving the ring
clear OF all save the contenders and
There will be nothing trite or weari-
some in the classes or the entertain
ment to he provided in the ring. but
sacrificing In an iota the Importance Of
the show TO horsemen, and all who en-
Ter on IL as serious undertaking.
Spectacular EHects.
In this spirit and entirely new in
conception will be q brief spectacular
advertisement, inspired by some incl
dent familiar to horse lovers in art.
literature. tradition or realism, as n
preliminary to each day and night scs-
sion, As now outlined and subject to
revisions and implications. these pre-
liminary entertainments will be in this
sequence:
On the first day there will be a repro
duction In action of the horse fair, tho
CLASSIC picture. Of Rosa Bonheur pre-
sented by that noted horseman, Will
liam II. Vanderbilt, to the Matropoli.
tan Museum or Art. and known
through reproductions to every house,
hold in the world. The draft horses,
notably the massive and spirited stall
lions that hold the centre Of the can
vas; and each type of equine depicted.
with their leaders In smocks and peas-
ant's gnrb, Will form thrilling pa
rade to surpass in the cost and fidelity
to. type Of tho horses, any collection