HUNTINGTON BEACH : Horse Show Will Benefit Art Center

The Huntington Beach Art Center Foundation’s first fund-raiser will be a four-day horse show next week at the Central Park Equestrian Center.

The GTE Directories Summer Classic will be Aug. 9-12. Proceeds will help refurbish an 11,000-square-foot building at 538 Main St. that is being converted into the city’s new Art Center. The center is scheduled to open in the fall of 1991.

Activities Aug. 9 and 10 will include hunter- and jumper-class competitions for speed and style. The high jump competition Aug. 11 will be followed Aug. 12 by a competition between the winning horse in that event and three-time Olympic Games medalist Dwight Stones.

Admission is free Aug. 9 and 10. Tickets are $75 on Aug. 11 and 12 but include a continental breakfast and catered lunch. Tickets are available at the city’s Cultural Affairs Division on the fifth floor of the Huntington Beach Civic Center, Main Street at Yorktown Avenue. Call (714) 536-5258 for details.