Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1912 — ANOTHER NEW DANCE IS THE “HORSE TROT” [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER NEW DANCE IS THE “HORSE TROT”

Washington Society Dancers Will Try It Out at the Charity Ball to Take Place Next Winter. A Washington dispatch says: “A new dance, “the horse trot” will be tried out here by Washington society dancers at the charity ball next winter. A number of Washington people, most of whom are now at Newport will train a group to do the “horse trot” as it should be done. Uriel Davis, of Washington, has arranged some, stirring music for the dance. He is very much interested in its success. Among those already adept in the “horse trot” are A. C. Horstman, third secretary, and Hannel VonHaimsausen, charge d’affairs of the German Embassy; H. Deßach, second secretary of the Russian Embassy, and Mr. and Mrs. Preston Gibson, of Washington. The “horse trot” is quite different in style from the “turkey trot” the “bunny hug” and the “Narragansett naughty.” The step is a trot, better known to horsemen as running walk, which is the most graceful and the easiest gait of the saddle horse.”