Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-31
HORSE SHOW GREAT EVENT

NATIONAL AFFAIR STARTS
ON SATURDAY IN NEW YORK
Representative Entry from All Parts
OF United Stnten md Canada
Demonstrate "Prcpnrednrns."
NEW YORK. October 3o.--i;nter. Bu-
cephalus: Crimson. white ami gold are
the new colors Of this seasons Ma
tionai Horse Show. which opens next
SATURDAY. in Madison Square Gar,isn.
The dominant tri-coior will appear
In the arapcrics. electric lights and cut
flowers. the cost of the latter item for
the vases which will DC constantly re-
plcnished, being $4,000. The decorative
scheme is to suggest huge Garden of
..rccnery and ilowcrs. which VIII be en-
tered from Madison Avenue through an
ivy-clad arbor The decorations will
be carried out with unusual Ildelity to
accessories md artistic effect, and Will
cost $4,000!
There is Il representative r:rIy from
AL parts Of tho Cni;cd States and Can
ada. In the classes for officers charE
crs and militia mounts Uncle Sans
"prcparednes.' Is demonstrated by Il
large and hiGn-ciass entry. Nomina-
tors Of officers chargers include Cap
tain r. X. Wallach, Tenth Cavalry.
Fort Buhchuca. Arizona: Lieutenant
Danie! r. Pullcn. Corp. of Engineers.
West Point: Captain Leonard u. Smith,
First Field Artillery, New York Ma
tional Guard: Lieutenant W. w. Er-
win Ninth Cavalry. West Point: Cap
tain Gordon Johnston, Eleventh Caval-
ry Governors Island: Licutcrtnt VIII
liam Spingler. Mitchell. SQialron =!
Captain William Mitchell. War College.
Washington. ID. c.; Lieutenant-C Colonel
Henry T. Allen. Eleventh Cavalry, Fort
OElethorpe Ga. with eight other Off,
GERS from the same post
Squadron \ and Troop c. Of Brook
Ign. now listed az the First Cavalry.
New York National Guard, lead In en-
tries for militia mounts. and a long
distance entry IS made by Major L.
Herbert Gaus, of the state .Armory.
Albany.
spectacular drill % the mounted
police Of the traffic squad VIII be d
feature. The detail by special permits
sion OF Commissioner Of Police Arthur
Woods. will exhibit their maneuvers
for prizes at one of the evening seq
sons.
HACK SEYS FORM An
EXTRA LARGE DIVISION
The classes for breeders include
thoroughbrcds, trotters and h;tckneys
TO be shown to halter. Yellow Crest
which won the first prize in the thor
oughbrcd class at the last National
Horse Show for W. Sharpe Eilmer, Is
entered again, and among others King
Cobalt, formerly we'll known on the
turf. and now owned by Grand Hugh
Brown. Hackncys are q large division
and among the 'nom'nators are Clar-
cnce H. Mackay. Reginald c. Wander
bilt. the Auburn Hackney stud Farm.
II. n. Butler and &. J. Deadly, who has
brought Nitherau Pride and Iockryan
Princess all the way from Edmonton.
Alberta.
There is an exceptionaily strong
entry OF huntcrs. Nominato~s OF mid
dle-weight hunters include Mrs Payne
Whitney. Of Manhasset, l.. l.: Mrs J. L.
Aldred. also OF the Long Island hunt
:nG clans. Charles D. Lan!er one OF
the Oldest OF National Horse Show cx-
hib!tors: Miss Cl-mence Crafts, Of
Rdgeheld, Conn. who enters The Model
and other hunters that have won for
her at the summer shows: Mrs. Barger
Wallach. perhaps the most famous Of
femin nine lawn tennis players. and Ed
ward y. Mclean. of Washington, D. c.
WHO enters as the Belmont planta-
tons. which has collected one of the
most valuable strings of hunters I'm
the world.
one of the Mclean entries is an
cqutn" giant. standing I7.3 hands high
and weighing 1875 pounds. II is called
Alarm. and Is a Thoroughbred Perch
cron cross, imported from France by L.
stuart Wing. who hold the hunter to
Mr. Mclean for $4,000. The importer
is the father OF :. Bryce Wing. who IL
10 marr:' Miss Marie Taller next Wed
nesday. II is said they will cut short
their honeymoon 10 watch the Judging
OF the hunters they have entered at the
Garden.
Other entries OF hunters are made by
II. l.. Rel. the amateur steplecha.e
rider; r. Stuyvesant Pierpont. OF the
seph kileore, Of West Toronto, Canada.
who enters as Sumnybrook Farm and
VIII bring fine collection of Thor
ouShbrcd hunters and Thoroughbred
saddle horses from the Dominion. Mr..
nnd Mrs. j.. Ambrose Clark, who have
I" hounds on Long Island and I'm Eng
land. Will also show Thorouchbred
hunters.
THRILLING JUMPING CLASSES
HAVE RECEIVED MIG ENTRIES
The thrilling jumping crasses have
received splendid entry, ranging from
the maximum OF sixty. in the open
to-all class to between thirty and forty
TOR the competitions in which only of
hSers may ride. There are especially
high class entries for the new Ca
madam Challenge Cup. presented b.
Sir Adam Beck. and in the broad
water jump for Robert A. Fairbanks
trophy.
The open high jump for the cup pre-
scented by William II. Moore has the
highest class entry ever brought into
the Garden ring. They include the
TWO great champions Confidence and
Skyscraper, winners OF this contest Mt
the 1913 horse show with a iump OF
seven feet. which were bought at the
dispersal sale due to the war of the
Hon. Clifford Sifton. by T. L. Clad
bourne. Jr. They will be ridden i'm
the high jump by Dare Devil" Dick
ponneiiy. Another famous jumper en-
gagged is Captain William MitchelTs sir
Dixon and Crow and Curray have
brought down from Toronto two
famous Canadian Jumpers. Aviator and
There is also an exceptionally largo