Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-08-26
The Knights Competitive Drill
Immense Crowd Present.

SAN Francesca, Aug. 25. The com
petitive Knights Templar drill took
place this afternoon at the Bay District
Park. Long before the beginning of the
exercises. the grand stand, with seat
ing capacity Of 5000, was crowded to
its utmost and ten Thousand more in the
enclosure below. Only three Com
mandries competed; the Raper, Of In
dianapolis; the DeAlolays, of Louisville
and the St. Bernards, Of Chicago. Each
drilled with twenty seven meu, except
the st. Bernards, who only drilled
twenty five. Forty minutes time was
allowed for each drill The Pacific
Coast Commandries refrained from COM
peting, preferring that the prizes should
be won by Eastern knights, whom they
regarded as their guests. There were
five prizes in all, ranging in value from
"a, 900 10 $500. A rule was made by
the Triennal Committee that the prizes
should become the absolute property of
the winners and not subject to further
competition. There were three Judges,
all officers of the United States Army.
Tho tactics constituted the sword exer-
cises, Military evolutions and Templar
movements. The first to appear in the
lists were the Rapers, Of Indianapolis,
the privilege of the last drill being con .
ceded to the st. Bernards, of Chicago.
At twelve sharp they advanced, ac-
compauied by the bando of the First U. s.
Cavalry to the northern confines of the
drill ground, returned to the Judges
stand, and wheeling into line gave
salute. This was the signal for great
burst of cheering, in which the two
competing Communicates joined. Their
drill was exeellently performed, the
wheeling and marching by threes being
much admired, but in the movements to
sugle call they made couple of bad
breaks, calling forth a sorrowful "ah"
from the crowd and jeopardizing their
claims to the first prize. The Rapers
were followed by the De Molays, who,
as they marched in stately column to
the front of the judges stand, led by
the Sth U. s. Infantry band, were re-
ceived with great cheers. Their drill
wos watched with marked attention,
some of the more intricate
movements eliciting great admir-
alton. They drilled like old
veterans. After them came the st.
Bernards, with Lyon & Healy's Chicago
Band, and were greeted by the immense
crowd with continuous bursts of APP
plause. Their salute TO the Judges was
the signal for renewed cheering, kept up
until they began their exercises. Dur
ing the first five minutes they drilled
with marked precision, but after that
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one unfortunate Knight who persisted
in always getting where he wasn't
wanted. Before the drill was half over
it became evident that the iirst prize
would lay between the DeMolays and
Rapers, the unfortunate breaks OF the
st. Bernards depriving them of that hope
When they retired to their tents the
applause was tremendous, clearly
showing in what direction the sympa-
thies OF the people went.
AT the conclusion of the drill the
tents OF the three competing Com
mandenes were surrendered by Knights
and ladies, who gave them quite an ova.
tion. The decision of the Judges will be
made known this evening at the Pa
vilion.
The First Prize Won by De Moiay
COmmandery-Th Rapers get
the second and the 1T. Ber-
nards Third.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 25. - The
Judges reserved their decision of the
winners until this evening, stating that
they would oe announced at the Pavil-
ion. The first prize was awarded to the
De Molay Commandery, of Louisville;
the second to the Raper of Indianapo-
lis; and the third to the St. Bernards, Of
Chicago. The Pavilion was crowded
with spectators to witness the dstribu-
tion. Each commandery had the right
to select their own prize. The De
Molays chose the miners vase, hitherto
considered only as the fourth prize.
The Rapers chose the onyx column,
and the st. Bernards the silver globe.
Much surprise was expressed at the De
Molays making the selection they did,
as the onyx column was ranked as the
most expensive, worth full thousand
dollMs more than the miners vase. The
two remaining prizes will be competed
for at the tournament of the State Com
manderies, to be held here next year.
silver. Exchange and Bonds.
SAN FRANIscco, Aug. 25.-Bar silver
per ounce, 1000 tiee, 81 l0k sterling
bills, OH London, GO days, 81 S39; do do,
sight draft, S4.S7; U. 5. Ats. of 1891, in
terest quarterly, Sl.lS4; U. $. Is. OF
1907, interest quarterly, $l.l9s: U. 5.
3s. 81. 03t; w U. Telegraph "a,
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