New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-13
Brilliant Scenes Mark Open
ing and Attendance
Promises Record
Five Belgian Horses
Delight Spectators
Miss Marion Hollins Wins
Applause Driving Famous
Grays Four-in-Hand

New York's National Horse Show
opened yesterday in Madison Square
Garden with all the brilliance of for
mer events and with a serious war
purpose, which promises to make it
s,szpass all its predecessors. The en-
lire gross receipts Of the show this
rear are 10 60 to the American Red
Cross, and this dedication brought out
prouder steeds and bigger crowds than
ever before. and shed finer lustre on
the assembly and all the stimulating
pomp Of the opening.
The coincidental opening of the opera
season at the Metropolitan left some
box seats untaken in the evening, but
even then the galleries were thronged'
and the crowds in the morning and
afternoon were larger than those which
saw the opening of the show last year.
Moving. Colorful Scenes
An illuminated cross of red shone
rs a constant reminder at the east
side of the Garden. A red and white
canopy draped the ceiling rafters. Be-
hind the evergreens which hid the
walls peeped thousands of blue electric
bulbs. Gay knitting bags. which belied
the yarn Of mustard or gray hue that
occupied the wearers' fingers. added
their bit to the colorful setting.
In such surroundings the rakish black
hats Of the pad grooms, the scarlet
coats. white breeches and top boots
scintillated with new meaning as the
men sped alertly about their tasks.
The pungency Of the tanbark and the
stable rose above the aroma Of the fir
boughs.
From the ruuways and the stables
came mufled shouts of grooms admon-
ishing or encouraging their charges,
and the incessant clatter Of hoof on
plank. ascending now and then TO a
thudd,ng tattoo as horse after horse
shot into the ring. Clear and high
above the subdued din sang the notes
Of the bugle which called the horses
forth.
Round after round Of, applause swept
the boxes and galleries as smart phae-
tons and road coaches came into the
ring. The drivers executed complex tig-
ures. now hugging the rails or plung-
ing ahead at a dead gallop, tnally pull
inc CD short before the judges stand
John Goodwin. who drove pair OF
horses to a Stanhope Fhaeton Tor A. W.
Atkinson. won considerable applause
vrben he took first place in Class AZ.
The horses he drove were sleek as seals
and lunged ahead with splendid SHOW
OF action IS they swung around the
ring or cut the corners. -
The hunters in Class 134 won ap-
plause. too. They were lean and compe-
Tent. These animals were FESTIVE, they
measured their distance and took the
timber and the brush well. they
eadenced into canters, broke into mana
gallops. baked or took the hazards IN
hesitstingly.
Boy Thrown from Pony
The gallery held its breath when
.an-vear-old Henry II. r. Coe, riding
a spirited little pony IN Class No. w.
us thrown. His mount tugged vicious
iy. bored ahead. bucked, and hnaIY
threw the boy. The house eheefed as
the rider picked himself up ana mount
ed again. Y.,-;o
draft horses BY the James hanIey
Brewing Company, Of Providence, Il.
T., aroused much enthusiasm hey
we're driven by W. J. Wales, three
abreast 10 a huge green wagon. The
rteeds we're big roam fellows, caDarl-
soned with huge Dutch collars. elabo-
rately ornamented and appointed. Each
animal wore a green forehead band
They clattered back and forth across
the ring like a drove OF frightened
buffalo.
The Ladies' Four-in-Hand Driving
Clubs coach. the Arrow. rolled into
the garden early in the afternoon. on
0 run from the Colony Club. Inc
team were the famous grays used by
the late Alfred G.. Vanderbilt. MISS
Marion Hollins was the whip.
Belgian Beauties Win All Hearts
To proclaim ones self from Belgium is
the open sesame 70 the coolest heart IN
America at present, so the battle was
half won for Walter Hanley's twelve
Belgian beauties before they entered
the ring. And after the people had seen
them-well, they might have come
IRON 1reculhnQ icy upNHtolhs w
midas coral strand" and still have
been fascinating. As far as the specta-
tors were concerned it was the event
Of the day.
Billy Wales sat up on top Of stun
ming green wagon and held the reins
over a dozen OF the finest Belgian draft
horses that ever have been seen In this
country. Roans they were, magnificent
specimens Of the oldest draft breed in
the world. u is fortunate for the prop
Rgatien Of the race that there are some
Of these equine mastodons in America
for the breed is practically wiped out
In Belgium. Licge is where most OF
them originated, so there is no need
\ 70 ask where the noble beasts are now.
As they wheeled and turned in the
ring. Ar. Hanley stood watching them
in silence. lie finally exploded with,
"And 20 think that the damn Huns
wiped them OUT" To which all within
eashot uttered feryent amen"
My Nora Wins First Blue
Contrary 20 the usual custom. the
show opened at 10 o'clock. Pony mares
suitable for breeding polo ponies had
the nonCr Of answering the reveille
Ny Nora, n sevcn-year-old chestnut
mare from the stable Of Peter Hauck
jr, won the first blue. Harry T. Peters
81. H.-M