National Horse Show
national horse show oldest continually held horse show united state founded new york held moved florida kentucky national horse show offer competition hunter equitation show jumper national horse show nh founded new york city group affluent sportsman national horse show directory listing director member formed basis louis keller first new york social register competition featured regularly illustration harper weekly magazine artist howard chandler christy charles dana gibson alfred gwynne vanderbilt president national horse show made show international inviting british cavalry officer compete eleonora sears became first woman ride astride national horse show prior woman rode sidesaddle year show became american military competition competitor included general john j black jack pershing william billy mitchell george patton show moved third madison square garden located eighth avenue th street garden iii would witness year national history show continuing evolution national horse show reached importance even america entered world war ii abbreviated show still held competition moved madison square garden th street pennsylvania station celebrated centennial carriage marathon horsedrawn vehicle central park fifth avenue city hall moved new jersey meadowlands arena newer larger facility led expansion show division offering pony hunter competed absence year new class like celebrity cutting lead line local class horse stabled within mile added competition returned centuryold home madison square garden famous racehorse cigar earnings almost million formal retirement ceremony equine extravaganza held rockefeller plaza recognition national horse show th year show moved wellington florida managed mason phelps jr would later become president event nh held syracuse invitational syracuse new york show moved th national horse show held alltech arena kentucky horse park lexington kentucky location fei world equestrian game national horse show