The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-22

| then resume business. as 1t were. until.
just rs things became interesting again.
God Save the Queen" broke once more
| upon cur ears. And so 1t kept on until
we heartily wished they would let Off
| coming or all come at once. And by
TIE time of the last royal arrival, / was
too lazy to rise and stand, disregard
| Ing the indignant poking of my shoul-
der which one of the girls administered
to me for my dsrespect. Several peo-
pie in front also favored me with a
rather dark look or two. but that did
no worry me greatly. and as no more
royalties came after that, there was no
occasion for the rising welcome.
One CT the most interesting contests
of the afternoon was that of the run
ming and jumping one for mounted reg
ulars. A number of hurdles. with and
without water on one or both sides of
them, were placed about the arena, and
| the soldiers raced in on their horses and
| Jumped these in most exciting style,
| some Of them making ludicrous balks
| of Vt, while others. both horse and rider.
| took them all magniiicently. There
were entered in this some of the First
(Kings) Dragon Guards and some of
| the Eighth QIing's Royal Irish Hus-
sars, all of them such splendid fellows
| that 1t was pleasure to watch them.
| This was followed by a series of en-
gagements between mounted lance and
| dismounted bayonet, a very exciting
and scientific affair. as was also the one
| between mounted swords and dis
mounted bayonets, both these fights
giving a very good idea of what often
happens in real and actual battle it
| self. We then had simply rousing
| affair In the shape of a driving compe-
tition by Royal Horse Artillery, and
galloping one as well by the same
regiment 1t was a splendid thing. and
the horses pulled the cannon and ANU
milton about the arena. and through the
devious ways that had been arranged
in order to try their mettle in most
noisy and exciting style.
Grand Military Pageant.
This was followed by grand his
torical military pageant by the two
SWEETEST regiments in the army, the
Kings Own Hussars and The Bluffs.
who were dressed in the costumes of
times in the history of this country
since that of Charles I. The Cavaliers
were there, with their flowing curls and
big hats and lace ruffles, the Round
heads, quite a contrast to their prede-
cessors, the soldiers of the Indian Mu-
tiny, or rather soldiers of our time in
the army costume worn at the time of
the mutiny, and soldiers in the costume
of the army at the time Of the Crimean
war, and SO on down to our own times,
in which they came in on their horses,
in just the costume they wear today,
and In which they were overwhelmed
with deafening applause for they are
great favorites, these two regiments.
We next had a musical ride by the
Royal Horse guards, which was per-
fectly lovely. Unlike the other num-
bers of the afternoon, 1t did not repre-
| sent war, but was "a pretty dance,
| danced in a stately mfnuet style by the
horses of this regiment as one could
ever wish to see, and the applause
these fine animals earned made them
even prouder than their masters.
Sample of Real Army Life.
Now came the last thing on the pro-
gramme, the most interesting and in
structive of all, in the shape of an ex-
act sample Of real army life. This
commenced with the entrance of a
band Of real Kafiirs jumping about and
playing high jinks generally, at camp
fire. Two of their band then brought
in some lost Englishmen, of whom they
iv,,vv cd folk Ia
prisoner in their village up in some
rocks and shrubbery arranged in one
end of the hall. Soon a regiment Of
English soldiery arrive upon the scene
and proceed to pitch tents, cook meals,
wash, and behave just as though they
were really in the field, after having
thrown up intrenchDents and made a
camp fire. Now, one of the Kaffirs'
prisoners escaped and found his way
to the camp. told his story. and i'm
mediately orders are issued for the
storming of the village. Camp breaks
up in the twinkling of an eye. and a
forward march commences.
The Kafflrs, however, have discov-
cred the escape of their prisoner and
are coming after him. The battle is
the result. The cannon peal forth, the
soldiers fire away and kill the Kaffirs,
whom they drive back into their viii
lage, which they then proceed to cap
ture by means of building bridge
over a large creek which runs in front
Of 1t and which they have to cross.
This is most interesting work indeed,
and Is finished in five or ten minutes,
the soldiers all working up to their
waists in the water and like ones pos
sessed, too, till 1t is done. The village
Is captured. the Kaffirs are almost all
killed or pretend to be, the ugly old
chief surrenders, and I suppose. con-
sents to rule his people in the future
under the protection Of England"
Very Enjoyable Representation.
This was a most delightful battle,
and, from start to finish. showed the
life Of soldier and the science of war,
to thousands of unenlightened people
like me, who learned great deal from
1t. can not say too much for their
beautiful horses. 1t was pleasure
and a delight to watch these lovely
creatures. of whom there were over 100
taking part, and to see their intelli-
gently performed maneuvers. They
were most wonderfully trained. and,
with the handsome, splendid English
soldiers on their backs, the flower OF
the British army, were a sight that I
am thankful, indeed. to have seen, and
which I shall never forget.
I have suffered sad bit OF expert
ence lately. wore out all my nice lit
tie American shoes. and had to buy a
pair of horrid English ones last week,
and they are such a tribulation to me
that I must warn you against them.
Never buy a pair Of English shoes-I
say this with an awful solemnlty-and
you will never know what It is to be
perfectly miserable. had been warned
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