The Washington herald., 1922-11-14
new YORK ARMORY
HORSE SHOW OPENS
BIG SOCIAL SEASON
Reproduction of Mount
Vernon Feature Of
Exhibition.
TROOPS GIVE DRILL
General Pershing's Famous
Horse, Jeff, and Others .
Among Entries.
TROOPS GIVE DRILL
b. WESrBROOK REGLER


NGw YOkk. Nov. ls.-A red
necked cavairyman standipgs on
George Washington's front porch
puckered his mouth around the noz-
Gle of q tarnished bugle and blatted
boots and saddles" Thereat hoofs
doomed on the board runway lead
Ing from the stables into the exhibI-
tion ring 1t Squadron As armory
and q class Of fdgety jumping horses
skittered into the arena. bowling to
Reggie Vanderbilt as they passed
him.
That began the National Horse
Show. which is the getaway num-
ber Of the American social season.
/. At the end of the armory where
the bugler bruised the acoustics
with his laundering loud call the
carpenters had built an authentic
portrait OF Gen. washington's home
at Mount Vernon. Va. At the other
ehd, extending the Mount Vernon
idea, are reproductions of the gen.
erals kitchen, woodshed and still
house. although some people will try
to tell you It was a dairy.
Along both sides OF the arena are
the boxes in which the four million
may gaze upon sundry live. actual
breathing Vanderbilts, Belmonts, As
tors and their kith and family jew
els for the price of admission. Like
football players. they are easily
Identified by numbers. The people
In box %. for instance. are the WILL
lam DuPonts: those in box 81 the
William H. Wanamakers, furniture,
dress goods. mems ready-to-wear
and such as that.
a SCORE card. which costs 50 cents.
All the little parties, dances. oolong
rodeos and such like diversions
society thus far have been In the
nature Of scrimmage workouts for
the big events of the season. the
hrst Of which 10 the Horse show.
The second was the opening Of the
opera at the Metropolitan, which be-
gan about twelve hours after the
frst horse went on At the armory.
1t Is terrible form to start promot-
ing a daughter with a debut party
before the Horse Show. You might
as well ask the butler for your check
at the end Of a Park avenue dinner.
Fort Myer Troops in Drill.
A troop from Fort Myer, said
TO be the finest cavalry outfit in the
United States army. 10 giving a drill
every evening. and some of the
mounts are entered individually by
the government. The United States
Military Academy. West Point, has
Jumpers and polo ponies entered in
dividually in some OF the later
events and a number of artillery
horses in teams.
Jeff, the famous saddle horse pre-
sented to Gen. John ]. PershinR on
MS return from France. which failed
to win much distinction in last
years show, is entered again for
the jumps along with the generals
other good steeds. Prominent Tom,
Dandy Dude and Princess. Mai.
Gen. James G. Harboard, PershinR's
chief of stan in France, has sent his
horse. Gaylark. to the jumps also,
The 105th and Second Field Artil-
lery regiments, the Third Cavalry
and Troop K OF the New York state
Police likewise are strong in the
military events.
The big events of the week are
four $4,000 stakes. two of them TO,
hunters, one for single-harness
horses and the fourth for saddle
critters.
Field Marshal, an English horse
shown last year without success By
0. w. Lehman. will step out in the
single-harness class In an effort "a
capture the blue ribbon which he
missed last year when Animation
ana Melancthon. two American
horses. beat him in two competi.
tions. Neither of those victors IS
entered in opposition to Field Mar.
| shal this year