THE OLYMPIA HORSE SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1132, 20 May 1911, Page 11

THE OLYMPIA HORSE SHOW.

A GREAT EVENT. Tho competitors at this yeVs International Horso Show, which will run its fortnight's course from Juno 12 next at Olympia, will have a village, green for an arena, and a ring' of red-roofed Elizabethan houses, with diamond-pauo windows and picturesque gables, built around behind the seats, says an English writer. Tho old Tudor villago would not bo complete without its hostel. Tho inn will bo a replica of : tlio Lowther Arms at Lord Lonsdalo's Lowther Castio estate in Cumberland. "With signpost, pump,, and horse-trough complete, tho inn will faco the length of the arena from tho end where tlio horses will enter, and its grCat yard gates will givo the riders and drivers access to tho green. Many Classes for Women and Girls, Many interesting, pretty, and sporting effects will thus bo produced for tho pleasure of tho massed thousands in the seats and boxes. Cavalrymen, huntsmen, and stage coaches will trail out. of the. inn yard. Tho millionaire devoteo ot smart appointments, the costermonger andhis wife in their sheen of buttons, and every degree of horseman and horsewoman between those two will issue in turn through tho great gates under the red gables; but I doubt if any daintier sight will bo seen than-when tho ring guard tootles the summons for a train of schoolgirls on their ponies. The women and girl competitors at Olympia are always sure of a warm ovation, and the gentler sex are to be moro in evidence than ever in the "international" arena next June. One reason for this is that they aro better catered for than in past years; another is that they have found the Olympia crowds chivalrous and sympathetic— in short, that tho genuine horsewoman of whatever ago is a popular personality. It is possible for women to gain a very large proportion of the .£12,500 offered in trophies and money prizes, and the authorities have added yearly to tho number of classes in which women or girls only may ride or drive. To Encourage Girls to Ride Side-Saddle. •\n'interesting addition this year is a class .for ponies between 13.2-and 15 hands to be ridden side-saddlo by girls not more than sixteen years of age. Prizes amounting to £20 are to be given, and the first prize-winner will gain also the new Bolvoir Cup, of .£25 value, which Lady Grcenall has presented in order to encourage girls to ride side-saddle. But younger girls -still will ride in another pretty class, wherein the ponies must not exceed 13.2 hands, in height, and the little riders may not be more than twelve years old. This class always produces some very lively scenes, as most qf the tiny hor.<cTromen..;put their pet ponies round the ring at their fastest, and enjoy the merry Fcamper amid tho shouts of applause to tho full. Children will bo. seen in the saddlo in yet another event, when hunters ridden by boys or girls. not exceeding sixteen years of age come before the judges; while in the harness classes they Will have the chanco of, driving their Shetland ponies. Women in Jumping Contests, There are two classes for. ladies' hacks, and one each for ladies' qualified hunters and ladies' hunters in which women only may rido; but women may and do rido in tho general hunter classes, and also take part in the jumping contests for hunters. They may be seen practising at the obstacles in the yard at Olympia with all tho keenness of the Army officers. In the harness classes women have increasingly shown their interest, and whether it has been a Shetland pony, in a governess cart' or a dashing' four-in-hand which they bavo driven, they have always been well received. All the coaching events are open to them if they care to compete. They may even enter the Marathon and the Corinthian, as Miss BrocMobnnk and Miss Ella Boss have done in previous years, and, in addition, they have a class for teams shown to a coach or drag all to themselves. In the-.latter- contest!.lt.,is..ruled,-,that only ladies may drive, "and tho Loud--water Gold Cup" of ,£SO value is presented to the .winner. A Picturesque Class. ■ The appointments classes marshal in tho Olympia : ring' some of the smartest carriage turn-outs in two continents. In three of these classes—ponies or cobs ehown to governess carts and single horso and pairs respectively shown to phaetons with rumble—women only aro allowed to drive. The appointments classes stand at one extreme of harness turn-outs and the termongers' donkey barrows at the other; but the latter cry aloud' for mention in any article dealing with women and the International Horse Show. The costermongers' lady friends and relatives play a greater and more gorgeous part at Olympia every year, • and last June the first premium of ,£5 went to a man and Wife whose combined, persons tore no fewer than 20,000 pearl buttons. MISS ANGLIN IN BOSTON. GREEK DRAMA. Miss Margaret.Anglin was. when the last mail left America, in Boston, at the head of a company playing a comedy called "Green Stockings" at the Tremont Theatre. The piece went to Boston under a two week's engagement, but proved so popular that tho season had to be extended. Ono of the events of the visit of tho distinguished actress to that : city was thefirst performance, on any'stage of the Greek drama "Hippoly.tas," written some years ago by the late Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,' and produced at a matinee. at. tho '.Fremont Theatre by Lcibler and Co. The plot relates to tho unrequited ' love of Phaedra, wife of Theseus, King of Athens, for Prince Hippolytus,-her stepson; and at tho end of the second act, in which Miss Anglin had liar big scene with Hippolytus (Mr. Walter Hampden), she gainpd an ovation and numerous floral offerings. Amongst these was a beautiful American flag of carnations and roses from tho school-children cf Boston. The friends of Miss Anglin will hope that her marriage, which- has just been reported, will not involve her retirement from the Stage.'