New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-06
'BUGLE TO OPEN
GARDEN TO-DAY
1900 Horses Begin Com
petition in Greatest
Show of the Year.
TREES AND FLOWERS
MASK TANBARK RING
Members Box a Thatched Cot.
tage, with English Country
Scene for Background.

When the bugle sounds the opening
Of the thrtieth annual exhibition Of
the National Horse Show at IL o'clock
this morning horse fanciers from all
parts Of this country and abroad will
be on hand at Madison Square Garden
70 celebrate the beginning Of the
greatest show Of the year For the war
has passed all the glories Of the great
Continental horse shows to the brilliant
pageant TO be inaugurated to-day.
And the vast Garden, so frequently
the despair OF decorators in the past.
mas been decked with a costly and ex-
travagant setting entirely in proper
tion 20 the great event which II will
house. GORGEOUS in black and white
and gold and red and green, the in
terror is dressed TO produce the effect
OF formal English garden. with clus-
tiers Of smilax and garlands Of ever
green everywhere. To the east, where
the horses enter. grove Of cedar trees
have been planted. so that IL will seem
that the horses appear from a shaded
vista. A background of rolling country
has been most fetchingly painted in.
The members box IL a replica Of the
English matched roof cottage, with
white stucco walls. vine clad and sur
rounded by real trees, with window
boxes filed with gay-colored posies.
The scheme is the work OF Charles
Slayter, a decorative architect, whose
services were obtained by +. 7. Stotes-
bury, president of the association.
More than 1900 horses are entered
in the li8 classes, and no show ring
will ever have seen such a remarkable
array of horsenesh.
Fourteen horses bred at George A.
Hcyl's farm. az Washington, H.. ar
rived yesterday direct from the Pan
ANA Pacific Horse Show. where his
stable won soventy-two ribbons, which
Mr.. Heyl believes is worlds record.
Chief among these is King Largo. a
blue winner al the last national show
and a first prize, champion and grand
champion winner az the exposition fair.
Mr.. Heyl. who IL president OF the
American Shetland Pony Club. consid-
ere this champion stallion as the prize
of his stable and looks upon him as an
almost sure blue winner.
Lady Dilham Here.
Great interest was shown by horse
men in the fact that Mrs. Edward y.
McLean's Lady Dilham, considered the
greatest winner IN harness ever bred
in this country, was entered in the
class for hackneys more than l42
hands high. There is an extra interest
in this entry, for Lady Dilham is cr-
actly l4.2 hands high, and by manipu-
lating her shoes she could be entered
in the class under la.2 or over l4.2.
In the former class she would have
to compete with James Cox Brady's
Irvington Model, and in the latter
with William II. Moore's Lady Seaton.
+ Charles j. Barrie, trainer OF the cham
pion, gave the matter considerable
thought, and finally decided that Lady
Dlham would have more chance
arainst Lady Seaton, horse nearly
/ four inches taller, than against Irving
ton Model. which Mr. Barrie rates as
the greatest pony that ever lived. Tho
prize for these two classes, $500 esef,
are the largest ever offered for a STINT
lar event.
! Miss +. Viau, Of Montreal, Canada,
who has entries OF harness horses in
/ fourteen classes, arrived with her sta
/ Bile yesterday, among the string being
Earl Grey. winner Of the Waldorf-As-
toria Cup for the best horse suited to
gig at the last national show Miss
Loula Long, of Kansas City. No.. Wis
TIED the Garden in the morning 10 see
that her nine horses, all noted win
ners in the Middle West, were COM
Portable stalled.
Mr. Heyl's four English hackneys,
Dinarth Dot and Dinarth Gem. Trillo
Magic and Dnarth Magic, also received
much attention from visitors who made
TIE rounds beneath the arena These
horses took first In the four-ln-hand.
first and second in the tandem and
! first and third in the single at tho
Panama show.
The National Horse Show Associa-
ton entertained the judges OF the ex-
hibt at an informal banquet at the
Hotel Biltmore last night. Covers were
laid for thirty-four and the gold ser
vice was used. +. T. Stotesbury, presi-
dent Of the association, sat at the head
of the table and called on several men,
bers for short talks. Those present in
cluded Major General Leonard Wood,
Lieutenant +. l.. Gruber. Captain Frank
Parker. Captain Charles Harvey, John
E. Madden. George willing. Z. X.
Bovine, Pierre Lorillard, jr., John ].
Dixon, George B. Hume, Charles A.
Baudouine, Reginald c. Vanderbilt,
David T. Matlack, John McE. Bowman,
James G. Marshall, Foxhall ?. keene.
! G. l.. Boissevain Robert A. Fairbairn,
J. w. Hartman. Alfred b. Maelsy,
William II. Moore, !. j. X. Muurling.
W. Ogden, +. Won der Horst Koch. Z. 8.
J. McVicker, Harry Content, James NC
Lean. James j. Fox, Lewis Z. Waring,
Captain Gordon Johnston, j. l.. Bush
nell and J. Kerr Branch.
To-day is Children's Day, and the
show opens az IL a. m, with an after
noon session at o'clock and an even
ing session at 3.
The programme:
n 90 A. M.-Jydsins s,siiion' for ss'ans poe
no 4. s.1Judrns 3 pory, mares sui'ss. f''
il:7o A. M--Ialxns 2 uo',sr' hiliss. oss. T..
ii5o !. M.-Iuisins : ,ro;isr'. .,.Il.'ns Gag
ii:s5 4. s.--jai.i9s 10 ..aas hoF's'. doSz'd o.
Iaio p n.-jsaSns shetland pooi" saA''
no p. m.-igi.ns II horse. suitable TO bseous
hunters. Cas- III.
100 p. n.-RGcEss.
200 p. M.-JudSinE pairs q harness hossss
zao p. x.-yaisins 81 saddle hor" taouesl.
20 drive cas- f6 -
3C5 p N-Juiglng tf0'isrs IN harness. Class ~
329 p. m.--Jyd.ns u ponis. under ssfdls: chill
ffcn i1 ride. 'ss ill.
$40 p. s.-igdsns lafs.' saddle horses; isdiss
20 ride. GAS -. .
4o5 p. n.-JadEns 20 harness hors<s tnovies).
Class -.
49, p. k.--Juisnx pony isnisms. class ~.
I.se ?. m.=lul.,ns p..r Of hafss'' hSf'ss
$40 p. a.-Ig.,yp. % hunters or Jumpers tarss
sectOn). Glass I'll
500 p. h.-atctSs.
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