Evening star., 1926-09-05

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day in former years brought the sea-
son to an abrupt end at most OF the
resorts, but since the World War the
activities have been extended well into
| the Autumn, and society has been
remaining at Newport. Bar Harbor.
Southampton and the mountains until
| October. In fact. some of the men,
| bers of the Summer colonies remain
even later. The younger ones OF the
| Younger set have to start to school
and college, but many Of them return
! for the week ends. making life AT the
resort for two on three days almost
as gay as at the height of the season.
BY the end of the month. however.
! most of the smart set VIII nave
returned to the city or country es-
tates on Long Island. along the Hud-
son River. in Westchester County, at
| Tuxedo and in the MorristoWn sec
| ton OF New Jersey. Country Weu-
dings, horse shows. racing ana poio
and hunt meets will be the attrac-
tions until the season formally opens
| with the premiere at the Metropolitan
| Opera House and the national horse
show, which will be held in Madison
Square Garden this year. 1t is hoped
! to bring the show back to It's former
great popularity and no expense Will
| be spared to make 1t the most elaD-
| crate ever held in this or any other
city. Almost every nation in the
| world will have representatives IN
| the various events and all the Dig
stables in this country VIII nave
entries.
| The racing season on Long Island
opened Tuesday with a large attend
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| Island set. was out in force and there
| was much entertaining at the Tur1
and Field Club before the bugle
| sounded. The United Hunts will hold
| q meet next month and POLO at
! Meadow Brook will begin next Satur.
dav for the Monty Waterbury Cup ana
will continue for several days. some
of the best players in the world VIII
participate including the famous Ar
gentine team. three prominent EnShsh
players and all the members OF Amer
lca 8 international four
The annual dog show OF the w est
bury Kennel Association will take
place September II. November b the
hunt race meet for the MeadoWbrOok
Club will be run at Jericho. when
most of the hunters of the island VIII
be present.
September bids fair to be the most
brilliant month of horse events ana
exhibitions ever known in this section
of the country. Commencing with the
opening of the early Fall racing at
Belmont Park, there is a full sched-
u]e of shows, lasting until the leaves
begin to fall. OF course, an eXcep-
tional amount of entertaining is Plan
ned, as was demonstrated by the
luncheon at the Field and Turf CluD
at Belmont This was delightful ar
fair and was followed by dinners and
dances at many of the nearby estates
ON Long Island.
Great preparations are under way
| for the Mineola fair, which is to take
place September Is. 16 and II. All
| the principal owners OF that section
of Long Island will enter their thor
oughbreds in the competitions. Capt.
| Frank Miller. who is in charge OF the
| polo at Meadowbrook Club, will judge
the polo mounts. The fair always is
| marked by a series of house parties
in the Westbury district and many OF
the international polo players will be
seen on the field.
A unique event will be the first
north country horse show, September
| 25, at Oyster Bay. Because of the
great renewal of breeding interest on
Long Island a group of residents de-
cided to arrange an entirely amateur
one-day show, to bring together all
| the vicinity The show will be held at
| Midland Farm.
The saddle classes will be judged by
| Mrs. Preston Davie of Tuxedo, n. Y,
| and Mr. William Z. Baker Of Provi-
dence, r. 1. The hunters will be put
through their work and judged by
Mr.. c. n. Robbins of Bayside, Long
Island; Mr.. William DUPONT of Phila-
delphia, Pa; Mr.. Harry T. Peters.
master of the Meadowbrook Hounds
of Islip, Long Island; Mr.. Allen Pin
kerton of Bay Shore. Long Island,
| and Mr.. Samuel G.. Pirie of Sea Cliff,
Long Island.
/ Society folk. especially those of the
Long Island and Westchester hunting
sets, are greatly interested in the
| Cathedral Cup horse show. which will
take place at the polo field of the
Westchester Biltmore Country Club
in early October. The exhibition will
be given to raise funds for the sports
mems bay of the Cathedral of st.
John the Divine, the building of
which edifice has attracted universal
attention among the members of the
smart set
The show is sponsored by Mr.. John
NICE. Bowman. an international figure
in equine exhibitions and president
of the United Hunts Racing Associ-
alton and the National Horse Show
| Association of America. The honor
ary president is Bishop William #.
Manning. noted churchman. whose
efforts in behalf of the cathedral prof.
ect have created widespread interest.
One of the features of the Cathe-
dral Cup show will be the famous
Olympic jumps used at the recent ex-
hibition in London. Among the hon
orary directors Of the affair are sew
eral noted clergymen. The directors
are Mr.. Cornelius Agnew, Mr.. Samuel
G.. Allen, Mr.. H. S. Brown. Mr.. John