Item #12910 Official Catalogue First Annual Exhibition of Horses [cover reads: Catalogue Newport Horse Show]. Newport Horse Show.

Official Catalogue First Annual Exhibition of Horses [cover reads: Catalogue Newport Horse Show]

New York: Frederick M. Crossett, 1896. First edition. Soft cover. [50]p, several photos and line ills. in the ads (no pictures of the entries). Very occasional pencil notes. Good (front cover and opening margins dampstained). Item #12910

Lists entries for a wide range of classes--four-in-hands, tandems, harness horses, carriage and appointments, ponies in harness, heavy draught horses, cabs, horses and delivery wagons, roadsters, trotters, hunters and jumpers, saddle horses, cobs and ponies under saddle. Judges for the driving classes were Reginald W. Rives, Thomas Hitchcock Jr., and Eugene V.R. Thayer. Judges for the saddle classes were Winthrop Rutherfurd, Foxhall Keene, and Lemuel C. Altemus. With an index of entrants, which included the creme de la creme of Newport and equestrian society; also a plan of the grounds, a list of the box holders, rules and regulations, and the musical program. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Price: $125.00

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