New-York tribune., 1922-11-13
1000 Horses
R;yals i'm Show
opening To-day
ding Sci at Squadron A
ar.ssory for Annual Com
,es,s: Entries Valued
!, 5000, 900 Are Listed
ryery Box Already Sold
Ia,erior Of Building Deco
rated 10 Resemble Fa-
nous Arenas Abroad

4 rse thirty seventh annual National
q ...ss Show, which opens at 9;3o
q sloeg this morning at Squadron a
i s.ssary. will be. according TO promi-
d 3. kersemen, the greatest event of
& lind ever held in this country
4 asfs than 1000 horses, representing
4 ss@oRe. slept last night in the Vi
4 s,sss Of Park Avenue and Ninety
ssssa Street. The interior decora-
/ -, Il the armory rival those of the
t,neas show rings abroad. Every
.sxssle box has been SOLD 70 promi.
i III Members of society ard all is
4 asdiness for Ringmaster Marshal
4 ! slcw his opening bugle call.
Il Tie curtain raiser TO the show was
i Breakfast yesterday in the music
san ut The Bihmoro. Nearly every
i X listed in the Horse Show "socia
rgistera vas present. Just as thing.
4 5sre going nicely, General John !
1 atshing arrived and made speech
4 lorseS and the army which >brougnt
sth loud cheers from the horsemer
d assent.
4 GeneIsi Pcrshing said that he wa.
q .kd so many prominent civilians hac
#sabled i'll the interest of bloodet
gses. The army had always take,
& seen interest IN its horses and wa.
81 Fng 10 take 81 greater interest nov
ia it ever had, even though there
T. ne some who insisted that the horse
~ losing popular favor. Genera
fsaing said. The general has O
s. =Hber Of horses entered in the mill
AZ classes, which viii be one of the
atores of the show.
Promises Canadian Rivalry
8 he breakfast was given an inter
81 asionGl favor when Colonel Sir Adam
ss, of Canada, speaking after Gen
q es Pershing, said that next year
Il aaadan horse owners, especially the
81 roy, would enter all their best horses
q the New York show. This year, he
sid, Canada was still forced to re-
h ssn out of competition because of
ssyy losses during the war.
II last year there was some hesitancy
n decorating the interior of the
.mory because the moving of the
nov from Madison Square Garden
d rss regarded more or less as a ven
an. This year nothing has been
gsted to make the armory as
srraesive as possible. The panoramic
81 ssrpduction Of Mount Vernon
81 George Washington's old homestead
q tr been improved upon until the un-
IA l.sssnt features discovered after the
Il Deeeihg last year have been corrected
Il Anmoduction of the old Washing.
n N hsnestcad has been erected at the
h vsss sid of the armory. The main
n alIh 4 the building will be used as
n sssaais box and a tea room. The
81 sss wrtA will be used as press box
AHsssa end of the building there
b. ks erected 2 replica of the
ssasgse which was built by Wash
sSE NE dairy building and {drys
n ssFfote) brewing house. In the
Il igsFsand there is panoramic view
i ahs Potomac River.
# Canopy Hides Girders
Na of the most pleasing innova
81 &this year is the installation of
"a blue canopy which hides all tn,
q vi steel girders Of the ceiling an,
pes the effect of blue sky. Th,
kiss erected along the north ant
= Esth ends of the building nave beer
81 ased several feet this year so as t.
q gre the box holders an unobstructe,
8 5ew over the heads of those who viev
as show ring from the promenadcs.
i Two large Betsy Ross flags have
zen draped on each side of Noun
ssrnon. Southern smilax, laurel ropes
4 and cedar trees have been placed in at
trassive groups about the building
BED, white and blue pendant light.
4 ssye been suspended from the ceiling
visitors will enter this year through E
lev door, at Park Avenue and Ninety.
leurth Street, instead Of through the
Madison Avenue door. This will al
low clear view Of the whole arrange
nent TO those who enter, and at the
ssme time avoid the traffic congestion
2 the side streets leading down from
Park Avenue.
Last fall Governor Miller placed the
H,e horse show arrangements in charge
MAJOR Pierre Lorillard jr., OF TUX
80 Park Major Lorillard arranged q
aaoer Of military classes, including
vascular rid!ng by cavalry troops
~ ;eA featured the show Major Lor.
.sls who Is in charge of the military
Hs the national show, again has
ag festpres. ,> @'''N
!. psY thirty horses have been brought
Il iaOm Fort Myer, Va. The Sd Cav.
1 WI give exhibitions of trick and
~ MY 1aing, which will rival the COW
Il, aainltions at the Rodeo. One ot
~ speelal acts will te the "Ride oi
..., Waleh Is considered one Of the
d,s striking events ever shown in g
many Army Horses Entered
Like General Pershjnp Major Cen.
srts,ss :, y dafboatd. chief of staff. has
W.. many horses. Major Talbee
Ev "a 80 fso'ilt, has entered his famous
S,r.enaa ~saea won the championship al
Fss, ana Rochester las, fall. The
hor.s. fosnt entry includes twenty
soIa =. TWO artillery teams and sis
scsooyl ylVhles. The Fort Riley Cavalry
sss sss., sat IN N Kansas, has sent on twenty
Narr,. horses. MIR. Lewis Spencer
tcr ~, ~ VI Tuxedo, has donated a cup
lsrv ~ sa.ner wilmer of the six-horse artil-
srsisa oalleers a of the army remount
dcaatas sho "a nave served overseas have
ID snsss. sne Overseas Cup, which will
open se"sea TO the winner of the class
peunds hofses carrying UP % 200
! gossTrn,ne owned by the United States
ID rri,nsta0 iiaea0 or by regular army officers
shis c,p ,o'ia. The officers who donated
Asths. are a. Major Lorillard, Victor C.
Hiny = rem, Smith jr.. John D.
fjns,.s saq Ms : Bryce Wing.
hs fa,s. liilam H. Moore will exhibit
aea- us ~: stable and coaching equip
sOrss led led Marshal. the famous gig
siE apo,fted l,,d from England last yea :.
] d Allioited by Mr.. o. W. Lehman
rom M,sago; Mas who bought Field Marshal
Asrshsi I 'aines Lowell Putnam. Field
his sss. mas been going unusually we'll
/ sna viii ilgson IN, N all the Western shows
satries ,I iead the Lehman entries. The
ifafaia $50 - include horses from Cali
Essterr "a. sie South and nearly eyery
RI. Auh'ef and Jumper Classes
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