The sun., 1896-10-18
A SOLDIERS TOuRNAMEyT
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s.on,ests t'n:cnln,"h 10 ,r,s, ,,,
and Ski,i Of Rotu Iniunt,,,,.r ,.,., "-'h
nirymrn-Crcditnb'" Hrcntd. A s'ri,'
Tournament {" he Hold AUnual,,.
A series OF novel contests anon. ,,,,4,,.-
tryncn nNG cnvnlrymrg of tito I,t.,,,,,.
the Colorado. u. :. A., was he'd Al IIc.,,,r.
week nnd was so successful t,a,l, ,.,. ''
heated annually. The cor,r.,, ,yc,r l,fI ,
venr for tho first time AT tl, ,rs,,,,,.,. vac
Wheaton tho com mmand,ng officer NJ ,I.. "' ,,
nar,ment Each cotnpnny wa. r,,-r..,,, ',''
one man. and the athletic pro,lr,onc, u,,,n,;
wns n surprise to the men tn,g,,,l,r. ~,
tournament not only uroNid,a r,,,,I "'
ment for Denver people. tut it a..our,n..S9
interest among the solLisrs wl..,, +. ,,,.,"
,o hiring the mon of the su.it,.,.I c,,.,.
n,nr,r ono another and rr,,ut,.. ,o.,,. .,','
sb,u ns we'll MS athletic p.o,l.icr,,. ,,,,",
th, mon cptr-ed I'm event. tler T. "a ,,,..,.,,,
before. and did we'll in them. /, g, ,y,..,s.'
that AT the different posts, scai,,f,l c,o.. .,s.
St,tes. trnininr will hp br,.un pt r,r,. ,..,
ycar's unncs. II il trub,Llr ,,n. r.., ,,
Wheaton, pla, viii he aGo,tSd an ,.,rr v.,'
ern departments OF the army.
Tho contests were held on the grounds q, a..
Denver Athletic Club and lrtiIe, fla. ,,cu,
held AMI track events tb,r. w,r, .-.,..l' ~
tests for infantry and cavalry. One o, ,,,,s,,r.,
n
After the preliminary contests of tie ,lr, Iss
the field narrowed down To "A co'orcl ,ron,',
named Ross. who n,.urel ,,ror,iu,,,,l, a, s.yor.,
o,hor con,.,,s .,1 p,rr,in otG. r., .'
o'hei '"htes's' anu In''lh'iI VI ~ Ir"'l second
Cavalry. They hai fought two draw IN theirs,
day but he ,l.cisiv, cont.s; vn. ,s ~
,f,or :, ,.,y ,,,... por,i,tu ,r, - r,.... % 'ue'
Hi'er 10" rns,es' i"Ihh'ii cut "H i'"'> : iom.
pom. winning the tnurnatncat.
A novel con, est was arranged for fila i,>,r.-r
., t,-i ,,,...,.,,. a. '''!'
ihe". TOT ench contestant NV" '"y"''i- "eeo
stuck in the ground ut intervals of ten yards.
The contests consisted in runni,,r from, s.,.,
49,, ~ ~ '''''' S'"F'-
ihe point 10 the hrst 'aS"het carry 'hs II back
and fixing it to a rifle. then gnin: a.irr the SEQ.
49,. ''"'' '''FF
Infantry won this contest and Mar. = Tie >atrn
regiment was second
T., ,,., ,ar,a,,,a,,.t
required to take hurdle sLort dI-'i..e from
the starting point and to draw hi. .,brp 5r,ors
reaching 1t. Then he Lad 10 ara" ',, revolver,
the rest of the contest consisting IN ,lootine
uu'htns mean, ana II, 'rah'hN'hc ~ = VIII 'ho
sabre both classes of objects being fixed at in
terva'' round ring. The hithr't possible
score was oo, anu tne "innsr' ~ 'HS "' tho
Seventh Cavalry. made a. Ross, the cnlored
trooner vas second
..,,,. a" o..
""'e'y Ia'e ,oF ry'ne" was run
with the bolts removed had bren I'll, 81 T,ssn
,,nn ~ ~ ~, ,a,,,,,a. 49, e-ai ,,. ''"
i"u " oe put t"eethe' aht hre"' h'''E NHlOa
there was a run back to the marx kp>s Of tue
Eleventh and Covell of the Sixtern,A we're fra.
and SECOND Then came a race brt.,re- tr'ou
ers sisndinc in their .t,-rups ILc -il.-s ~.
mounted AT the end Of the ror-.r rr.r,,,rtsj
with their faces to the rear. ar1 ride b,rE H.,
thai r,nsltinn Ros, VIM VII psr,'.. M .,,,' o..
The most exciting @, en-, of 4, / VA, =, r,-.lar:
nrc,tln con,r.t between trnoTer, Wien ..
tronprr wus unhor.ei he. wa. r,,,,,eI ~,
finals we're hrtIyrrn NrGnwnn and t',.,I,rs h,,l'
ot the seventh col ina was ',--,'r. md +,
was generally exprc. ed that Nr,;t,. an SrI,.d
have an a.s, ,irrory II ~ rts,,,', ,r' ".
nr;se 1,,iiiSs =, i S1,S:o,'. :, -. =, "'t ,",I "
a, each o,her smtii hr,b O. " :. e',,',. ~ ,
their NOUNS wrr,. in ~ sIn,' Of ,I., .yri,s.
ment. lime was called AID air;I r.sit nv
went { i, again In the frsr non, Vi G,,taS
seemed 10 have The best or il In. c,, = =. ,ar,"f
round Cn!linr, BY a oulck and ,n,Sy noyr nm
horsed in. orrnnrn; Li-.ra a low u,.i,,.t,.
The IA. untyd otain race ,,i,- I'm, fo a nn
tato race m fnoi ,ISr-, +. n, j.,r.,,,.srx I,snS
their horses som. pcl Cd ,,' ln. totaiCss
without di.mount,nc OILer. ri.rn",irirL rsrL
tiIpp. McCinwam Id II, IN !. ra"n INN The
dni,h whom h :, -,.ni -, ,rt',,r, 49, - ~, - @