The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-24
GARDEN TO Be LIKE
A YERITABLE BOWER
Decorations for Horse Show
Will Make Big Arena q
Place Of Beauty.
CANADIAN CUP REPLACED

Madison Square Garden again will be
transformed and the Horse Show this
year will be staged In a more artistic
way than ever before. The thirtieth an
nuai exhibition Of the National Horse
show Association, which will open on
Saturday. November 9. will be the only
indoor horse show in the world this year
and II promises ever to rival the Olym-
pia Of London In its decorations.
II always has been a source Of trouble
to managers to make the Garden attrac-
tive and various schemes have been
adopted for the Horse Show. This year
Edward T. Stotcsbury. he president OF
the association. has paid particular at
tention to the decorative features and
with Charles Slayter. an architect who
has had much experience In this line.
the Garden will be really beautiful. The
prospect will be inviting from the mo-
ment one enters the building. Looking
ahead there will be a succession Of Ivy
arches In the long entrance
through which n passes to the audi
torium. with fountains playing on either
side and an effect Of little lakes c~leverly
tUld " tht ust Va ifIot
are to be so embarked with growing
plants and flowers that II will seem "a
II the city has been left behind and
replaced by some beautiful park.
The immediate entrance TO the arena
will be through a gateway eject OF
posts partly overgrown with box. bay
and evergreens. In the distance will
be a green background and at intervals
around the arena will rise towering black
and white maypoles wound with gar
lands OF lowers. The maypoles will be
with electric lights. the
lights subdued by smiiax and flowers.
the galleries will hang curtains
OF smilax. A real lattice OF crimson
and black on a white background will
support he flower boxes and great
gilded baskets will overflow with flow
ers n trailing green lines. The en-
tire wall of the interior will BE covered
with white and black bars to produce
The effect Of the old half timbered houses
of Chester, Engls nd. A canopy Of Grim
son and white with a border Of black
will be suspended from the top OF the
and from this will hang lights
by baskets of red and white
flowers.
TIT members box at the Madison
avenue end will be a reproduction of an
thatched cottage with willie
stucco walls. surrounded by real trees
and with window boxes filled with gay
colored posies. The arena boxes are 10
be lined with white leather. The whole
scheme is a costly one and II is said that
II win cost $4,000 each day to renew
he fresh flowers.
Sir Adam Beck. whose wife 10 to be
a Judge Of saddle horses and who always
has been a strong supporter OF the New
York show. has given another Canadian
Challenge Cup and this will be com
peted for by American army officers.
This is 10 take the place Of the original
Challenge Cup, which wa pre-.
by Sir Adam Beck in 1910 and
which has since been lost. The hist :
Of that trophy is interesting and should
II be found 1t will he OF priceless value
because Of Its associations.
When the Horse Show Association be-
gan tho International jumping contests
In 1910. in which army officers OF diff
countries competed, Sir Adam
OF London. ontario. donated a
called the Canadian Challenge
Cup. 1t was for army officers who
were TO ride In uniform twice around
course and the cup was to be won
twice before IL became the property of
the regiment TO which the winning officer
belonged. The first year IL was won by
The Nut. owned by Lieut.. C. W. Walwyn
Of the Royal Horse Artillery. England
The next ear II was won by lrons!des,
owned ridden by Lieut.. W. b II ton
Of Canada. In 1912 Princess Charlotte,
ridden and owned by Capt. MeIvyn
OF the Fifth Dragon Guards,
was the winner. and In 1918
trophy went to France, having been
won by Amazone, owned by the French
Government and ridden by Lieut.. Baron
de Meslon.
The trophy was taken to England In
II held by the Dragon Guards
for one year. as the conditions allowed.
and " was to have been turned over to
he French in 1913. but now the cup is
Lord Decies. who ode In the
international competitions, was
asked by the National Horse Show Asso-
citation to help n the cup. but he has
to Secretary James T. Hyde thar
he has failed In this quest.
Capt. Crawshay was killed In action
Lieut.. Baron de Meslon also
been killed. Gen. =. A. Kenna, who
In competitions for his prize, also
has been killed, and 1t Is feared that
nearly all who w competed for the
Canadian cup LAY persisted in the war.
The trophy probably was sent to France.
hau u 10 pbSa4Dic tAdt u HAS pceD stored
In some safe place, but at present
conditions are such that the army off,
GERS are not paying any attention to
such trivial things as prize cups, and per-
haps after IN. VIZ Is over and things
u their normal condition the Ca.
Challenge Cup will be found and
recall the proves OF the gallant officers
who competed for 1t. Army officers rep
resenting Belgium. Holland. Sweden.
France. Russia, England. Canada and
the United States have ridden for this
prize.
The entries for this years show indi-
that there will be many keen COM
petitions. The harness horse classes have
filled wonderfully we'll and there are
new exhibitors with new horses
The saddle horse classes, now In two d.
and the hunting and jumping
also have filed well, and in the
horse classes are some horses
which have not been seen In recent
shows
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