HORSE SHOWS AND CONTROVERSIES 



spite of the modest heading, his letter was widely 

 read. In closing his reply to it, Colonel Kip said: 



" Mr. Cassatt makes a mistake when he says that 

 I have attempted to discredit the management of a 

 kindred Association. Neither by word nor deed 

 have I given Mr. Cassatt reason to make such a 

 statement. The Association is a great one, and all 

 its members should be proud of it. A few years ago 

 one of our vets. (National Horse Show Association) 

 was discarded because charges and complaints were 

 made against him. That did not mean that the 

 people making them were hostile or desired to throw 

 discredit upon our Association. Mr. Cassatt says 

 I know perfectly well the difficulties that managers 

 of horse shows have to contend with. I do, and 

 I have been in the business since the organization of 

 the National Horse Show; therefore, all the more 

 regret moving in any matter that might cause the 

 directors of any show trouble of any kind." 



I am glad to say that the heated controversy left 

 no serious sting. Mr. Cassatt was one of the direc- 

 tors of the National Horse Show, and, a few months 

 after the publication of the correspondence, I sat in 

 the box of Colonel Kip at the show in Madison 

 Square Garden, and pleasantly chatted with him in 

 the adjoining box, as did Colonel Kip. It was the 

 prominence of the men which drew national atten- 

 tion to the little exchange of compliments. Colonel 

 Kip was a successful exhibitor at horse shows, be- 

 cause he never sent a poorly appointed team before the 

 judges. His taste was exquisite, and he was a leader 



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