The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-09
The Interstate Contest Has Begun In
Earnest.
The Mobile Boys Break Badly In the
Finale.
fho rredways Regardod.as Winners.

IIorsros, May g. Especial, Tho en-.
CANT mont and military week Is all that
could be expected. The weather last might
dried tho ground aud dlsslpaied threaten.
ing clouds, making to-day "a perfect one as
far 10 weather IL concerned. Drilling for
tho interstate prize began to-day, tho No.
bllo Rifles, Captain Price Williams com.
mGnding, being the fret TO enter
s S So.ePpS sNs cheers SSs s'1f from 'sS@
10000 psople. They gracefully ac-
knoSlsdged tho epplanse by com.
ing % a carry from right shoulder. A
most Tigid inspection vas held, which was
pos ed oreditHbY. The movements OF the
company were ns mechanical and
preoise Bs clock work. Their wheeling,
| iirlDgr, laying down and sneeling being as
ing was tho applause that the commands
could scarcely be heard. Toward tue close
OF the drill, however, tho company was
badly marked end their drill ruined by the
programme repeatedly calling Tor
the manual OF arms while Ia
executing tho wheeling movements.
Old officers say such a thing was never be.
eyes are turned in the direction o. the
wheel, which makes it almost impossible
to 70 through the manual and keep up the
wheel. Another break was made By
the company in wheeling around tina
stake lags. The programme waa
not finished In the allotted time by several
minutes, and the company marched of the
field, their stock having fallen below zero.
The Montgomery, Alabama, Greys came
ne6t and put up a very oreditable
drill. although II WAS full Of
company and individual errors. Their
fret sergeant dropped his gun, and IN at
tempting TO recover II fell fiat upon the
ground, the company getting. iu.ly ten
PAGES ahead OF him. They did not have
rhe Washington GuaIdg. OF Galveston,
drilled lssI, and many think
that barring couple OF Captains
errors they made the beet score OF the day.
Captain Hsll solved the difficulty Of wheel
log around the flags by obiiquiDg the
company, and Many think II Will count
against him, although by this means the
wheels were made without difficulty. This
company bad two men faint In ranks.
One recovered ia time to resume his place.
Pools aIe selling to-nigh, ia about the
following ratio: First choice, Tredwsys,
Sl0 second, Houston Lign! Guards, s6
third, field, including Mobile 4 fles SO or
81. sonnet mes Use Columbus, Georgia,
Quuris ARE trird choice, and occasionally
some enthusiastic GsoTg an places them first
choice, but his money is quickly
covered The first prize ~ most probably
between the rredwsys, the favorites, and
the Light Guerds, wlth the Mobiles Il third.
Tomorrow closes the contest FIR prizes,
four companies drilling in the following
order: Houston Li-ht Gusrds, Columbus
Guards, Richardson HouaveS, in Upton tao
tics, and Tredway Rin9s last.
Many people think that all the biz prize
will GO 10 Sc Lonis. That Battery viii
get the first artillery money. 1850; Tired.
ways, So goo; while the Busch Zouayes have
undou bte6ly captured the $1,000 Tho
Zouaves and Battery A 20 TO Galveston
Sunday and will drill &c lhs Beach Park.
Tredways leave Tor home Saturday night.
The Busch Zauayes to day received tele-
gram from Busch, of St. Louis. to challenge
tho winners of the 5000 prize 90 drill
against them, Upton tactics at Bench park,
Galveston, for $500. Tonight the Richard
son z3usYes withdrew from the Upton con-
test