Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
SOCIETY READY TO GREET
SIR HORSE NEXT WEEK.
Boxes and Parking Spaces to Be Filled
With Members of Smart Set From
Various Cities on Monday.

Society is looking forward to It's first im-
portant event in the opening of the goth annual
exhibition of the Bryn Mawr Horse Show AS
socation. which marks the autumnal social
season for Philadelphia. The event will begin
the Polo Grounds at Bryn Mawr on Monday
and will continue through the week.
An especially interesting accompanying fea-
ture of the exhibit will be the first annual
Bryn Mawr Hound Show, which begins Tues
day and extends through four days This side
event is the first exhibition especially for fox
hounds and beagles ever held in this country
and is attracting national attention among
huntsmen. Hunt clubs from Massachusetts,
Vermont, New York Virginia and MARYLAND
have entered their packs
Since 1910 the horse show has extended
through five days. but this year the exhibit
has been extended a day and % new classes
have been added Heavy draft horses era
being exhibited for the first time at Bryn Mavr.
Addition Of this class is In recognition Of the
efforts of landowners in suburban PHILADELPHIA
to improve the breeds Of this useful tvpo ~
horsedesh.
But the Bryn Mawr show has been since ,+.
beginning primarily an exhibition Of bu,t,r,
horses The showing Of harness horses saddle
horses hackneys, ponies and draft horses bss
always been regarded by the patrons Of tb.
EXHIBIT as OF secondary Importance altbougb
keen contests always develop among tbes. or-
tries
The abandonment Of the Madison SQUARE
Garden horse show in New York this veor -
account Of the unsettled conditions caused b,,
the European war, is regarded by local borss-
men as a factor that will increase the Inn
portance of the Bryn Mawr exhibit, sociellv n.
we'll in other respects
From a show Of one days duration baTd ~,
the terrace at the Bryn Mawr Hotel ana a.
tended by about $50 persons 20 vears seo
the annual event has increased in inheritance
until today its ribbons are the most coveted of
any show In the country Its average daily
attendance is between 1000 and 5000
This year prizes aggregating 5000 in value
VIII be awarded In the various classes. The
most valuable prize for hunters is the Radnor
Challenge Cup. valued at $3.50, which event
also carries sweepstake of 800
The Bryn Mawr Challenge Gun for bar,o,.
horses is valued at $3.50 with sweepstakes added
and the challenge cup for the best team OF
three hunters given by ". Hinckle Smith. ID
worth over $500. A total of 418 ribbons will be
awarded in the 90 classes
Among the prominent horsemen who have ao-
cepted invitations to act as judges are Franz
H. Caven, Philadelphia, trottng horses; e.
Won Der Horst Koch George B. Hulme and
Reginald c. Vanderbilt, New York, heavy
harness horses; Joseph L. Widener PhiladeI-
phia. ponies in harness and in breeding classes:
]. Garner West, GarnervilIe, y. Y, E. F. Gerry
New York. and Lewis +. Waring Planfed.
n. j., saddle horses and ponies under saddle:
Henry V. Colt, Genessee, y. y, F. S. Won
Stade, New York, Fletcher Harper, Mlllbrook.
n. Y, hunters and jumpers Joseph La ROGUE.
Bernardsvlle, y. j., draft horses