New-York tribune., 1922-08-29
Newport Horse,
Show Delayed;
Opens To-day
Heavy Rains Over Week End
Causes Postponcment,
First in lis History; Van
derbilt Dinner Is Given
Tennis Play Held Up Also
Society Purchases Many
Boxes for Net Tourney;
Mrs. j. ]. Brown Arrives
spectar Dispatch to The Tribune

Specfdi Dispatch to The Tribune
NEWPORT, R. l., Aug. 2s--Mr. Reg
inald G. Vanderbilts annual horse
show dinner, given in the horse show
ring of his Sandy Point Farm this
evening, was the feature of to-day's
entertainments. There were forty-six
men guests present, including the
Newport horse show committee. the
judges and the exhibitors. all Of whom
found Mr.. Vanderbilt much improved
after his attack of infiammatory rheu-
matlsm. which kept him confined to his
residence the last week. The dinner
was conducted alcng the same elabo-
rate lines as in other years. Among
the exhibitors at the dinner were Mr..
FRANKLIN B. Jordan, Mr.. r. R. Carpen-
ter, Mr.. John r. X. Scott, Mr.. George
Crouth, Mr.. Moses Taylor, Mr.. Sidney
A. Beggs. DR.. Thomas G. Ashton and
MI Benjamin Leslie Behr.
For the first time in the history Of
the Newport horse show the opening
had 40 be postponed, because of the
condition of the ring after a record
breaking fall of rain over the week
end. Mr. Reginald C. Vanderbilt,
chairman Of the executive committee.
made the decision to postpone the
opening until tomorrow when there
was no indication of a decrease in the
precipitation this morning. The show
Will now be held in two days instead
of three, with the opening on Tuesday
and Wednesday, at 1880 instead of 8
o'clock.
Tennis Games Also Delayed
Rain to-day also interfered with the
starting of the tennis tournaments, in
which members of the Spanish team
and other tennis stars will team with
the ranking women players and large
sprinkling of the summer colony. Mrs.
Barger Wallach, chairman of the COM
mittee which is handling these teurna-
ments, made every effort to have them
started this afternoon, and waited in
vain for diminution of rain to start on
the clay courts, which are always avail
able for play
That there is marked interest in
this tournament is evidenced by the
number who have already purchased
boxes, among the latest being Mrs. Eu-
gene S. Reynal. Mrs. Cornelius H,
Tangeman, Mrs. Barger Wallach. Mrs
Theodore Frelinghuysen, Mrs. George
Eustis Corcoran, Mrs James S. Cush-
man and Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. F. O..
French, Miss Davis and Miss Kane,
NJ. Van Bueren, Mrs. Robert Gould
Shaw I'd, Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer, Mrs.
William Goadby Loew and Mrs. T.
Shaw Safe.
Mrs. William Goadby Loew gave a
horse show luncheon to-day for large
number of guests at Stone Acre. Mrs
Henry Clews also had guests for
luncheon at the Rocks, while Miss Mu-
riel Vanderbilt gave a small luncheon
for friends at Clay Court. Mrs. Brady
Hartman was a dinner hostess this
evening. Tomorrow afternoon the an
nual horse show luncheon will be given
for the committee, judges and exhib-
itors on the horseshoe piazza of the
Casino.
Mrs. James J. Brown Arrives
Mrs. James j. Brown, who returned
from abroad on the Majestic, came to
Newport for the first time in several
seasons to-day, and registered for the
season at the Casino. She is stopping
at the Muenchinger King.
Mr.. Stuart Duncan, chairman of the
greens committee OF the Newport
Country Club, has announced that the
play for the Count De Turin cup would
be held Saturday and Sunday, Septem-
Der and 3. There will be thirty-six
holes match play, with one round to
be played each day. Last year the
cup was won by Mr.. Cyril B. Judge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip NJ Benkard are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Gustav j. S.
White. Mr.. and Mrs. Valentine c..
Bartlett and Mr.. Henry Young are
guests of Mrs. Robert Grosvenor.
Because she will be out of town, Mrs
William S. Sims will not receive at her
training station residence Wednesday.
home at the torpedo station to-mor-
row, her usual receiving day.
Mr. Vincent Astor, who has been a
regular weekend visitor on board his
yacht Nourmahal, will arrive on Thurs
day in command OF one of the navy
Eagle boats Mr.. Astor is lieutenant
in the Naval Reserve and is taking his
annual cruise, the program of which
calls for an inspection by Admiral
Sims here on Thursday. The cruise
will last two weeks.
Army Officers Visit RidIons
DR.. and Mrs. John Ridlon have Major
Sedgwick Herr and Captain w. Burke
Van Inzen, of the Fourteenth United
States Cavalry, as their guests at
Rhuddlans, over the Horse Show.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Pettiner and Mr..
and Mrs. Ansell Phelps, who arrived
at the Hill Top, were registrants at
the Casino to-day.
Commander D. C. Crowell, u. S. NJ,
and Mrs. Crowell have rented the cot
tage at Six Kay Terrace while Com
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