New-York tribune., 1921-11-13
Novel Features
For Horse Show
In Armory Ring., :,
Rich Prizes for Winners
in Annual Exhibitions
Which Open Tomorrow

Many innovations in the history Of
horse shows will be introduced wbor
the National opens tomorrow in tbe
armory Of Squadron A, Ninetv-fa.:--A
Street and Madison Avenue. whore
there will be much larger ring than
in the old premises at the Garden. The
setting will be a reproduction Of the
Washington Mansion at Mount ver-
non, with the show held upon the wi,e-
spreading lawn.
There will be series Of valuable
stakes for three-gaited and fve-raited
saddle horses, for saddle and hackney
harness ponies, for single harness
horses and for hunters, these ranging
in value from $3.50 to $1,000. with
prospect of the hunter stakes. which
are worth nearly $4,000. Each Of these
stakes will be awarded to six prize
winners.
Another strong and attractive feat
| ure will be the further development Of
| the military classes for officers
chargers, officers polo mounts, troop
ers' mounts and horses required for
the six-horse gun teams. The last
named will be brought into the ring at
full gallcp, just as though they were
going into action. something that was
not practical in the rings of past ex-
hibitions. All soldiers viii ride in uni
form for these tests and also for the
valuable special cups that are to be Of
fered for military performances over
fences.
Novelty for Saddle Glasses
In the saddle horse classes TIE one
great novelty will be the 1000 stake
and other gatherings for the famous
fve-gaited horse, and for the first time
in over twenty years these beautiful
animals will be seen at the National. .
The harness classes have filled bet
ter than in many years, and this may
be taken as vital evidence that wAer-
ever the conditions Of the roads per-
nit the harness horse IS steadily in
creasing in use. In facu in 1919 there
were nearly two million road buggies
made and sold in this country, and
these went mainly to the Middle West
and the South, where roads are still
maintained that are suitable for horses
as well as automobiles.
This year at the National there will
be no less than four four-in-hands in
the ring at one time, and the general
interest in the harness competitions
will be increased by the entries OF Mrs.
horses that won top honors at Olympia
last June, and by the importations of
other prize winners at Olympia espe-
cially made to reinforce the important
stables of Mrs. Louis Long Combs, of
Kansas City; William H. Wanamaker
jr., of Philadelphia and 4. W Atkin-
son, of Merchantville, n. J.
Polo Games a Feature
Hunters always have been the spec
tacular features of the National and
this year the performers in every Sec
ton of. the country are gathered for
the regulation classes as well as for
the trying 'pig-pen," the high jump,
and the Grafton broad jump; in the
last event the horses jump over low
hedge backed by space covered with
cardboard boxes which Stimulates
water.
Once again the polo tournament will
be played each day, and among the
teams entered are the West Point team.
the Riding Club, which has only re-
Gently Joined the Indoor Polo Assoc
ciation; the Riding and Driving Club,
Durland's Brooklyn. and other clubs
that are prominent in this highly
popular winter indoor sport. Incl
dentally, no other arena in New York
gives the adequate space for this hard
riding game that will be found at the
Ma .ional.
Still another novelty will be the tea
room that will be conducted IN aid OF
the New York Association for the Inn
provement of the Condition OF the Poor
by dozen prominent society women
headed by Mrs Cornelius \. Bliss ir..
which committee of patronesses will
be reinforced by a bevy of well known
will