Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03

NEW YORK, November 2.--Now that
the opera has opened inaugurating New
Yorks social season, the National
Horse Show will claim the attention of
society and after that the debutante
will hold sway until after the Christ
mas holidays. What effect the crash in
the Stock Market will have on the
debutante parties is unknown at this
time, but 1t is sure to AFFECT the season
and some parties will be cancelled and
others will be on q much more con-
sentative and smaller scale than planned
q few weeks ago
The horse show, the forty-ninth an
nual exhibition, will be held in Madison
Square Garden. beginning on Thurs
day November z, and continuing until
November Is. 1t promises TO be the
most brilliant show ever held, with over
$1,000 900 worth of horSef1eSh and
equipment on exhibition. There will be
hackney horses, ponies. roadsters, trot-
ters, saddle and celebrated hunters and
jumpers. Famous coaches will be driven
! around the arena, among the number
being the Venture, with William H.
Vanderbilt, son of the late Alfred q.
Vanderbilt. on the box; the Pioneer,
with Reginald w. Rives. owner and
whip; Liberty, E, Victor Loew yellow
Jacket, with Alexander Reeves on the
box: Bundle Bee, Guy A. Ward as
owner and whip and Henry e. Coe and
Harris FNaiinestook on their coaches.
Military Teams Entered -
From Foreign Countries.
There will be military teams from Po-
land, Italy, and the Irish Free State to.
participate in the military contests
against Canada and the United States.
The United States team is headed by
Maj. H. D. Chamberlin, the Polish team
by Capt. Rudolf Dresser. The Irish
B. Harry. Capt. T. P. Finley, Capt John
@. O'Dwyer and Capt. D. Cory. The
Italian team is composed of Lieut.. COL
Francesca Amalfi. Capt. AlesSandro Bet
toni, Capt. Francesca Formigli Capt.
Thomas Lequio and Capt. Marie Lom-
bardo. The personnel of the Canadian
team is Maj. r. S. Timmis Capt. l.. D.
Hammond and Lieut.. C. c. Mann.
The National Horse Show Association
Of America became q reality in 1888.
It has held the center of the stage in
New York despite the advent of the
automobile, in all these years. J. Pier
pont Morgan, founder of the house of
Morgan, was one of the original men,
bers, too busy to serve as an officer, but
an enthusiastic subscriber to the aims
and policies Of the association. W. H. |
Vanderbilt. another financial giant of
that time, was director. The original
officers Of the National Horse Show AS
ISOLATION were: President, Cornelius
Fellowes; first vice president, John G. |
Hecksher; vice presidents, A. Wright
Sanford, A. j. Cassatt, James r. Keene,
Shepherd r. Knapp william l.. Scott,
z. A. Schermerhorn; directors, j. H.
Kip, Herbert G. Pell, E. Lamontagne,
Peter Moller, jr.: H. w. T. Mali, Fred
eric Nelson, H. I. Nicholas, Alexander
Taylor, jr.; Z. D. Morgan. Beverly Rob-
inson, @. p. Wetmore, j. D. Cheever,
John A. Lowery: executive committee.
John q. Hecksher, H. H. HOLSTER, H. |
I. Nicholas, John D. Cheever;- w, r. |
Wharton, and Beverly Robinson.
Distinguished Names Entered
In the Early Roster.
The early membership contained !
such distinguished names as John Jacob |
Astor. Charles B. Alexander. August |
Belmont, Albert S. Bigelow, William o. |
Blanding, Reginald De Koven, John |
Drew, Stephen B. Elkins, Robert Goelet |
George j. Gould. Edwin Gould, Joseph |
Hartman, the Havemeyers, H. o. jr, |
and j. Craig; @. o. d. and william E. /
Iselin. Foxhall p. Keene. Pierre Loril-
lard, 1r.: Hermann Oelrichs, Charles D. |
AonbAAls H. - 0tOOCo0uASs Daily w oil. |
Barclay H. Warburton and Whitney ,
Warren.
The first social function of the week
In connection with the Horse Show will
be the annual dinner of the National |
Association, In the music room Of the
Hotel Biltmore, Wednesday night, Nc
verber 6. The dinner will be attended |
by notable gathering Of lovers OF. the |
the horse and adding to the picturesque
scene will be representatives of the for
eign countries In their brilliant uni
forms.
The officers and directors of the Ma
ticnal Horse Show are; Officers, John |
McEntee Bowman, president; Frederick |
D. MacKay, first vice president Will |
liam du Pont, jr.. second vice president: |
Reginald w. Rives, secretary and treas
urer, and Charles w Smith, assistant !
secretary. Directors--FTa Adair. Mai. |
Gen. Henry T. Allen, John McEntee |
Bowman. Howard D. CollonS. BENJAMIN |
Ladd Cook, David Bows, William du |
Pont, jr.: C. Groverman Ellis. Robert |
A. Fairbairn, J D. Farrell. Mortimer B. /
Fuller, Carl H. Hanna, Oliver Ha-ri- |
man, o. T. Henkle, Marco H. Hellman,
Robert Law, ir.; Arthur @. Leonard, |
Charles W. Leonard. Pierre Lorillard,
jr.; Frederick D. MacKay, Alfred B.
Maclay, John E. Madden. H. E. Man
vile, James G. Marshall. David T. Mat
lack r 6 Mel ziIphlin Riehard K