, 1873-06-21

mon aro plokod up nearly o1hausted by tho zoo.
ond boat, which Wa near u hand. Tnoy haul
man at the storu, and there he Ia fount-dead,
clutdhing the ropo 50 tightly that 1t could not bo
not yet besn found"
!. AN EXCITING COMBAT.
How. this Cory vctorans OF west Point
Slaughter VFoodon mcn.
Correspondence u ths Ns.o York World.
To thoae who enjoy an exhibition Of skill In
tho performance of somsthing that ID worry
hazardous, the drill In what ia called the school
Of The trooper is IN adjustment Of absorbing In
tions 1T tho niding s. Hall. That building is tho
lnrgent in tho United stntes devoted to
equestrian purposes, being 21o foot long
BY 70 foot wido.> The entiro space In
e = 9as hS eay onc
on esoh ode, and elevated about fifteen feet
above tho ground. The building not boing
round, tho areA Is made sllghtly oval in shape
BY means Of ping up earth to Zach & ot tho foaE u,
to depth Of three or four inches. and eaoh
time before an exercise takes place this Is loos
en6d up and made smooth and oven BY meanB Of
narrowing: Fot several minutes boforo tho
spectators, who trenble u tho tnonty aory
chargers t1ot in from the side entrance, lod by
8rooms.
Ono gallery contains the President Of tho
Unitsd States, the General Of the Armies, The
number Of guests, chiefly old graduates Of the
Academy. Faco to fnco With those distinguished
spectators arc the occupants Of tho opposite gal
lory-many Of them fair young ladies. whoao
good Kraces tho youthful performers Who per~
BsBtontly appear aro anxious to win. Suddenly
the wido door through which tho horaos hayo
come swinga open again, and In come the twenty
troopers, tholrlong aabros'dangling at thoir sdes
Each ridor seizee his horse by tho bride reins,
. handsome bay, aftor all iu. ready, givos tho
command to mount, and In An instant eyary
man is In tho saddlo. Other commands arc then
given. and the troopg, afser Wheeling about,
dividing into single flies, oto., finally take up
their stand, ten horses. in ono end Of tho hall
and ton In the other, the companies standing
face to faco.
Tho attendants then bring in tho paraphorna-
Lis. This conaists Of four posts provided with
feat, 50 that they will ntand on tho loyo ground,
ono Of which posts Is aet In each cornor OF the
arena, and leather ball, tho sizo OF i nan's
head, Ia placed on the top. On each eide Of the
long, hail = toll crane ia erected, tho arm OK
tending over the track to be takon BY tho horses,
d1amoter: between tho cranea and eAch corner
poat ID h laather bail lying on the ground, being
four In all. These are tho imaginary foos OF tho
mounted soldier. It will bo seen TINT he has ton
enemios to o9mbat IN goinag over this shost dis
and ono man from each squad spurs his horse
gently and rides out obl!guoly across tue arena.
Just before the two meet they draw thoir re-
yolve1a, and, holding them in an upright posi-,
and thoro fall into tho course. Each man
thon puts spurs to his horse and dis
chargea his pistol at tho head OH tho first post.
He then quickly doposita that weapon In the
pouch and enAtcheb his anbro from Che gcabbard
%1>n afH A. y.fa ri froa than
the horse springs into broaknaok gallop. Tho
eabrc goes II oang," and Is no sooner out than 1t
swoops down upon the head OF the first prostrato
man. Up it comes with the rapidity Of light
comes with q "thud," and another
hilt oven with the riders hip, tho point levelod
] like tho tongue Of tho cobra, and OF goes tho
head OF tho man at the corner. At tho noxt
corner tho sabro haa been raised and comes
DOM with q sweep, cutting. oil another head.
annibillating tho third proatrate man, oo1nes. up
like aaeh and forces tho other ring, goes down
again with sweep at another foo on the
ground, aud finishes by letting daylight into
tho Uranium Of the last standing On the
replace tha hcada IS fast Is they arc knocked
on. While tho horsos are making the circuit
they run with fearful velocity, and it
il q wondcr to many how they can TO-
tain their grip under such speed, to aay nothing
heads. But while tho rider is thus aleshing with
| his aabra he muet keep ono eye ahead and bold
his stoed well in hand or he wonld soon be climb
ing the planka which alopo down to the ground
| from what would be the polium In an nmphithea-
tro. Having made tho circuit tho two horsenen
hold in their painting steeds and resume thelr
/! placoa In Nuo. Tho Captain then calls next,
and two more horses como prancing out.
| going through tho samo movement ~
bs7e t had their turn. Occasionally tho rider, in
thruattng at tha head, aims too low, and hits tho
wooden post. Sometimes tho post goes over
and sometimes the sabre falls to tho ground
| for the neryes. Wien tho exercise is fully un-
der way, the noiso becomes 80 great as to be
| almost deatening. The whangiug. Of tho sabres
aa they bit up aud down. righta lett the olsng- g
tho discharge Of tho pistols, filing tho place
boots, the rattling Of tho earth
they kick up and shoot far behind thom-
all this. mingled With the pounding OF the
they doyiato, from tho regular course, makoa
| quito noise enough, aud there would bo no op.
portunity for tue spectators to applaud, even il
they woro cool and collected enough to think Of
| applauding, which Ia seldom tho case.
or this last exercise In the trooper'u school II
we'll "a they ought to do. While thoy showed
uauoh skill as for as moro riding was concerned
| for they stuck like leeohoa to tho bare backs
| OF their horeos, oven whom they. baked at the
most critical moment OF leaping hurdle, many
piatois, tholr attendants recovering them and
| handing them up again. 1t would seom from
suoh results that the present graduating olaaE
| have boon bottor taught how to get away from
an enomy than to fight and conquer him. Cor
the ground is good for nothing but to rotreat.
Horribly Mysterious Affair.
PHILADELPHIA, Juno 20,-Annie Reagan ant
Maggie Murray, sged years each, who haYt
been missing since Wednesday, were found this
morning locked III closet in IN empty houso II
tho Twenty fifth Ward Ono Of the ohildron wa.