Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-05-07
Horse PARADE
HUGE SUCCESS
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tnore that will come in. People who
flvere at first disinelined to participate
Hit all have called me up on the
stphone within a day or two and added
M,No and three more rigs. Letters
sAnd literature don't bring results
"a Though. 1t must be personal calls.
M DIR. Henry Wander Roest, president
keof the Road Horse Association, de-
IRclared that he had received forty ap-
Indications for entry blanks yesterday
fhnd many more had made inquiries
t4pf him over the phone as to how to
R3enter, DIR. Elias Bodenweiser also
4told of his success in securing en-
ftries.
& The horsemen have taken a special
Epride in getting entries this week,
"espeeially since the Evening Star told
H. week ago of how the interest in
Nthe parade had appeared to have fall
#ien off among the horse owners. The
HEvening Stars story had interested
Na number who had grown lukewarm
lin the matter, and 1t had been big
laid to the committee In getting more
Nentries
Pride stirs Up Horsemen.
Another thing which has put the
#road horse men on their mettle is the
Wsuceess of the recent automobile
kparade in this city. Secretary Beldon
Ndeclared the horsemen could get up a
L parade as big as any automobile
Il parade here if they gave the matter
Npersonal attention. DR. Wander Roest
Hdeclared that there were more horses
I'm Newark and throughout Essex
county today than there were auto
mobiles and more than ever before.
Business rigs will be very proml-
Il 10 n g.
leads the list with forty-two entries.
lI, Bamberger & Co. comes next with
Efwenty-on Produce dealers from the
Commerce street section Will also be
out strong, as will truekmen and fur
nitnre van people, There will be
Number of big teams In line, too. or
this class there will be two of ten
hitch, one of eight, one OF SIX and ten
OF four
There will be more single and double
Z business rigs than last year, more
in the women's division. about the
same in the pony division, but ten
less in the light rig division.
Grand Marshal Ready.
c. w. Vance, the grand marshal
OF the pageant, reported that he has
thirty-two aides and eight marshals
10. handle the para0ers, and special
instructions were given him to appor-
tion a certain number of entries to
each aid and have the latter pay
especial attention to see that the
horses were entered in line in accord
ance with their numerical designa-
tion.
there will be a luncheon in the Con-
tinental Hotel to about dozen guests
of the association, who will view the
parade. Mayor Thomas L. Raymond,
who had been invited to the luncheon,
did not respond to the committee in
vitation, but 1t was reported that he
had called Theodore s. Miller, for
mer president of the association, on
the phone yesterday and told the
latter that while he would be unable
to join in the luncheon that he would
view the start of the pageant at
Washington Park at 1:30 o'clock.
1t was decided to appoint COM
mittee, consisting of Chairman Coon,
of the parade committee; Secretary
Beldon and John Erb, to decide as
10 the course to be taken in case of
rain. Should the parade be post
poned 1t will be held next Saturday.
The entries for the parade are as
Mack b., DR.. H. Wander Roest,
president.
Miss Syracuse. Theodore s. Miller,
vice-p president.
Lucille Nevers, John p. Dexheimer,
vice-president
King Axum, George T. James,
treasurer.
Midnight James NJ. Beldon, secre-
tary.
The Last, James Lovatt, financial
secretary.
Judge, Charles r. Herr. counsel.
Grace D., Charles ]. Farr, director.
Bobby Moreland, Albert r. Boylan,
director.
Captain spier, Jacob Roth, d.
rector.
Red Monte, Anderson NJ. Guerin,
director.
Mable N. Andrew Nicoll, director.
johnny Grafton, Frank j. Conlan,
director.
Ginger, Joseph L. chamberlin, di-
rector.
Daisy, Charles J. Coon, chairman
OF parade committee.
FIRST DIVISION
Single Horse, One Man Wagon.
Robert L., jr., Arthur G. Hensler;
Ben Dat, William Whatton; Red
Lawn, Mrs. C. lie Roy; Sam Berry, r.
Bodenweiser; In For Luck, George
4, Smith; Pattie Bell. Henry A..
Jaeger; Demline, Joseph w. Burton
Peerless, Pete, r. j. Connors; Doctor
Bill. James Langton; Lady redwood,
Samuel Decker; Little Ned, III. w.
Keim; Johnny Harvard, Henry w.
Armstrong; El B., w. r. Maier; Es-
pania, William J. Way; Lady Lou,
II. r.. and J. NJ. MeCabe; Helen L.,