Evening star., 1924-09-28
Society Will Be Attracted
InNumbers tOHOrse Show
Annual Event to Be Held at Locust Valley Next
Month-Many Dinners and Other
Fetes Arranged.

NEW YORK, September oT.-With
the debut of the Autumn season comes
the SmarteSt out-of- town horse show
Of the year the exhibition which
Will be held at the Piping Rock Club
at Locust Valley. Long Island, October r
10 and II. This annual event has be-
como signal for, the gathering Of
tho foremost families on Long Island.
and is especially dear to the hearts
of the hunting set. which includes
many of the most prominent society
folk on this continent. There is al
ways series of dinners and other
entertainments, and this year will
he no exception. If present indica-
tionS form any criterion there will
be a more brilliant calendar of af-
fairs than ever. There also will be
an unusual number OF house parties.
\ long list of thoroughbred entries
has been offered by the members of
the ultra-eNclusivc North Shore col
ony for the 80 classes, which will
embrace saddle horses and hunters,
beside the special pony classes for
children. The two awards that will
he most keenly contested are the
Piping Rock Challenge Cup for the
champion saddle horse, won last year
by Miss Janey Mackay's Cherokee
Princess and the Meadowbrook Chal-
lcnge, captured by Thomas Hitch
cocks Cavalier. There are several
novelty events scheduled, among
them being contests to test the skill
OF the society horsewomen.
List of Omcer..
The president of tho show is Har-
rv l. Nicholas with Thomas Hitch
cock and George Il. Fahys as vice
presidents. Frederic L. Moore is
treasurer and S. Bryce Wing secre-
fary. On the board of directors are
Harry Payne Whitney, Clarence II.
Mackay, Sir Ashley Sparks, Mortimer
l.. Schiff. Paul d. Cravath, Robert T..
Tod, John S. Phipps, Herbert l..
Pratt, George T.. Bullock, Samuel
Willets. Joseph z. Grace and others
of equal prominence.
While the preparation for the horse
show is claiming a big share of at
tention, greater part of the North
Shore colonistS. as the owners of vast
estates in that section are known,
found time to attend the county fair
given at the estate of Mrs. Robert
Bacon, at Westbury, Long Island
Thursday afternoon. 1t was hled in the
interest of charity. the funds being
turned over to Westbury Neighbor-
hood House and the Nassau County
Hospital. Members of the younger
set were especially Interested, and
helped in every way at the sale of
s.
They also staged a. number of amuse-
mentS for children. Unique decora-
tions were employed. and the vel
Ncty green lawns and Fall tinted
shruhbery of grounds resembled a
fair grounds in England of the pc
rIod when ruffS and patches were the
style.
Promoters OF Events.
Arrangements for the gathering
,rr, -f 1f I've
Robert Bacon, Mrs. George Whitney,
Mrs. Clarence G. Pell, Mrs. L. Penn
Smith. ir.; Mrs. A. Ludlow Kramer,
Mrs. Herbert l.. Pratt. Mrs. Frederic
Sharpless. Mrs. Williams W. Cocks,
Mrs. u. Stewart Inglehart and Mrs.
William Park.
With the arrival of the annual
dahlia shows marked by beautiful
blooms comes the news Of a move
ment begun by a number of well
known women for preservation of
WildfloWerS, natural scenery along
the roadsideS and additional shrub
berry in the counties near New York
City, where the bare spaces offend
the eye. This call was sounded at
a recent meeting of the Garden Club
of Orange and DutchesS Counties and
at fashionable Tuxedo Park. Mrs.
George William Douglas, president
Of the Garden Club. presided. while
Mrs. W. L. Lawton. of Glen Falls, y.
Y, chairman of the national commit
toe for restriction of advertising, was
the speaker.
AS a result of the meeting, it was
made apparent that a social CAM
paign is underway to guard the
CHEEKY Christmas greens which are
disappearing from the woods in many
parts of the State at a rate which
threatens extinction. The club mem
bers also pledged themselves to cru
sade against picnic vandals on the
edges of the showpiaces of West
chester. who leave an unsightly lit
ter in the roadways.
On the club roster are Mrs. Pier
pont Morgan, Mrs. James d. Roose
Welt. Mrs. Herbert l.. Satterlee. Mrs
Howard Van Sinderon, Mrs. Morri:
Rutherford, Mrs. Birney Fellowes
Mrs. w. NJ V. Hoffman. Mrs. Richa re
Delafeld. Mrs. Schuyler Schieffelin
the Misses Stillman Mrs. Herbert G
Pel, Mrs Morgan Hamilton, Mrs
Frederic Foster Carey and William
T. F'airchild.
Society Mt Dahlia Show.
With bevies Of society matrons and
debutantes intent upon its success,
the tenth annual show of the Ameri-
can Dahlia Society opened at the lis
Regiment Armory here Tuesday anC
ended IN triumph Thursday evening
The best variety of bloom was named
after Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter
of the late President Wilson. The
entire floor space of the armory was
devoted to the display of the flowers
and presented a scene of natural
beauty which set mark for charm
even in this city, where attractive
ness is cultivated TO the highest
degree.
From famous gardens on Ions
Island and in Westchester came