The South Shore Country Club 



By JOHN G. CAMPBELL, President 



FROM its inception the South Shore Country 

 Club has been deeply interested in eques- 

 trianism. In fact, it will be remembered 

 that our Club is in many respects the successor 

 to the Washington Park Club, and our Horse 

 Show is the modern equivalent to "Derby Day" 

 of years ago. It is only natural, therefore, that 

 the South Shore Country Club should feel 

 deeply interested in the Chicago Equestrian 

 Association, which organization is devoted to 

 the promotion of an interest in saddle horses 

 and the pleasures and camaraderie enjoyed in 

 horseback riding. Our annual Horse Show is, in the 

 opinion of many of our members, our greatest annual 

 event, and for its success we owe a large debt to the Chi- 

 cago Equestrian Association, whose officers and members 

 are always active as executives and exhibitors. 



Through the co-operation of Chicago horse lovers, our 

 Horse Show has grown to be an international exhibition 

 with the best equines of this country and Canada entered 

 in the different classes. It is regarded socially as the 

 premier event of the Spring in the mid-west. 



Moreover, it is an event emphasizing the democracy 

 of our Club, where fair decisions are made in every event 

 and it matters not whether the entry is made by one 

 of the famous stables or by an unknown exhibitor. The 

 rules of true sportsmanship are paramount, a spirit which 

 is fostered in the Chicago Equestrian Association. 



That organization was, last year, responsible for one 

 of the most attractive features of our Horse Show when 



it became sponsor for the Children's Day Exhi- 

 bition held on Saturday morning of Horse Show 

 week. Through the efforts of the members of 

 that Association, more than one thousand chil- 

 dren, many of whom had never seen a horse 

 show, were treated to a glimpse of some of the 

 best animals in the world. These children were 

 brought to the Club and taken home in convey- 

 ances furnished by the members of the Chicago 

 Equestrian Association. While at the Club 

 the youngsters were made happy by tasty 

 refreshments. It was a great day for both the 

 children and the Club. 



Members of the South Shore Country Club have always 

 been greatly interested in co-operating with the members 

 of the Chicago Equestrian Association in extending the 

 bridle paths in the South Park System. By reason of 

 this effort the bridle path has now been extended to the 

 southeast corner of Jackson Park immediately adjoining 

 our Club, so that it is now possible to mount one's horse 

 at our Club stables and ride through the entire South 

 Park System on bridle paths. 



Horseback riding is a sport which has withstood the 

 rising tide of automobile popularity and with such an 

 organization as the Chicago Equestrian Association behind 

 this sport, there is undoubtedly a large future for eques- 

 trianism in Chicago, and the members of the Chicago 

 Equestrian Association may continue to rely upon the 

 active co-operation of the South Shore Country Club at 

 all times. 



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