The San Francisco call., 1897-04-23
onteslants. all caYalrymen. stood at

contestants, all cavalrymen, stood at
scratch dlsmounted, each holding an egg
In a table spoon; at signal they mounted
and rode to flag No. and deposited the
egg and spoon in a basket, condition
being that the egg deposited should be
unbroken. Then each man dismounted,
took cigar and twelve matches, mounted
and while mounted lit the cigar and rode
to flag No. 8. The conditions were that
these men should dismount and deposit
the cigar lighted in BASKET. Then each
man took a closed um hrella, opened it,
mounted, rode 10 flag No. 4, closed the
um brella and deposited il in box. Then
each man took a glass, filled 1t from
bucket OF water, mounted and returned
to flag No. l, near the scratch. The con-
dition was that the glass should be at
least hall full of water on reaching the
flag. Fernandez OF Troop K performed
all the feats well, but lost considerable
time in lighting his cigar. Millner of
Troop b was doing very well, and it
seemed as if he would win, when sud-
denly after raising his hrella, his sad
die turned and he was thrown 10 the
ground. He however picked himself up
and continued on. Then Stable did some
good worK, but the suddr n stopping of
his horse caused the egg to fall, and that
counted against him. The winner was
Fernandez in BAL; the distance travelled
440 wards.
The drivers contest, light artillery, was
another exciting event. There were fous-
horse teams hitched to pieces. They were
urlven between twelve posts set on the
corner OF three small squares, the diago-
nals OF which were ten feet long. The
centers OF the squares were located hity
yards apart on the same line, one dlaso-
nal OF each square coincldlng with that
line. The contestants stood with the
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southeasterly side of the center square,
facing in a norlhwesterly direction. AT
the signal the drivers started, passed
through the center square IN north
westerly direction, wheeled 10 right and
passed through the northern square in
northeasterly direction, making circle to
the left, passing back through the north
ern square in a southeasterly direc-
tion, wheeling TO the right, passing
through the outer square in southwest
erly direction, wheelno to the lett,
and passing through the Southern square
in q southeasterly direction, making a cir
Gle to the right and passing back through
the southern square in a northwesterly
direction. The accom- plishment of these
maneuvers required great deal of skill
IN the handling of the teams. Posts that
were Knocked down had to be set up i'm
mediately after the piece passed and five
seconds was added for each post knocked
down. The driver of team of Battery T
did very fine work, but turning too short
Knocked down two posts in one square and
one in another. The other team was win
ming glory and p!audits and was about to
enter the last square when the off-pole
horse slipped and fell and threw his rider.
Despite this accident the team was rushed
through. Battery 9 was the winner in
l: :33 3-5.
The fifty-eighth event was another res
for cavalry -
two men from each company, who were
to rescue comrades whose horses had been
killed. No. l of each team stood mounted
at scratch, armed with a revolver in
holder with the flap buttoned and five
blank cartridges in his belt. No 2
crouched behind his thrown horse, a hum
dred yards distant. He was with caroine
in hand with five blank cartridge. in the
magazine. at the signal No. drew his
revolver, loaded it, then raced 10 No. 2,
emptylng his revolver as he went along
In the meantime No. 2 fired his five shots,
the conditions being that none should be
fired except when the horse was down.
Alter hiring the fifth shot he abandoned
his horse, N mounted behind No. l and rode
back to scratch, each man bringing his
arms with him. This was a pretty event
and well executed. The three horses
that were thrown remained down while
fired over, and after they were abandoned
their riders were rescued. Two of the
dead" horses rose before their riders
were carried 10 scratch, but the third re-
mained down until his rider re turned to
him. Many thought the animal really
dead, but they soon discovered that he
was only dead on to his business. The
winners were the men of Troop K IL SO 2-5
seconds.
Then came a broadsword contest called
melee for teams from cavalry. The con-
testants stood in two lines ten feet apart
equipped with broadswords and masks.
The men eac1 wore a paper pompon on
the top of his mask and it was cut and
slash in their efforts to knock off the
pompons. During the melee Sergeant
Davis had his sword, an oak one, broken
of at the hilt and two men had their
scalps cut, but not seriously. The first
heat was won by the team from Troop K
and the second by the tam from Troop G.
There was M ounied skirmish contest
for troopers. There were two entries.
The men took track. drew their sabers
and slashed right and left at stuffed heads
on the ground. AMI returning fired with
revolvers at stuffed heads on posts, after
which they threw their horses and fred
i've shots while the horses were down
Fernandez won in 1:50 As and Merry of
Troop l recorded in 3:37. The tourna-
ment closed with the finals in the relay
race. The winners were the team from
Battery Il in 2:06. and that from Battery
D in 3:l2L
To-day there will be game of baseball
between picked nine OF the men at the
Preside, and one picked from the men of
other posts. The grand-stand prices will
be reduced, and the proceeds devoted to
the purchase of uniforms tor the winning