Scenes from opening day of the 32nd annual Hampton Classic horseshow:

Christie Brinkley and a tiny boy quietly zipping down the grassy lanes in a golf cart. Brinkley, a regular at the horse show, appeared to be the sole spectator with motorized transportation; everyone else walked under the hot sun. "That's not our cart," one showground employee observed.

Danny Hulse, a salesman for Dubarry of Ireland, in the boutique tent standing for long stretches of time in three inches of water. Hulse was advertising the $400 Wellington boot. "I've spent about 130 days a year standing in a bucket of water. It's my mother's dissapointment," quipped Hulse, an Englisman who wore a country gentleman's tweed hunting jacket and red tie.

Edward Infusino, propietor of Fox Run jewelery, gushing about how he introduced Susan Lucci to Joan London at his booth last year. Infusino designs equine-themed baubles. "You can go from a $700 diamond stirrup pendant to a palm tree bracelet. It's a $70,000 bracelet. With matching chandelier earrings."

Lou Dobbs and Michael Lohan at the shaded and catered VIP tent, which is not to be confused with the gyro/hot dog/hamburger stand ($7 beef gyro) a few hundred feet away.