The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-09
TESTS OF SKILL IN CAMP.
TROOP 2 IN FIVE EVENTS WINS FOUR
EIRNIH IND ONE SECOND

TRSTS and ONE SECOND.
Skilful Horsemanship hut Unframed Horses
In the Hurdle Racc-An Exciting Moment
Tho Novelty Racc-MRior Bridgman
Presented with n Gold-Mounted sabre
STATE CAMP PEEKsKiLL, June S.-Under con-
ditions which would have been ideal had the
turf been good. Squadron A held its field day
this afternoon. In all respects the games were
great success and were watched by u crowd
which covered the blufr beyond tho parade
ground. All the honors Of the day went to the
Second Troop. which won. out Of five events.
four frsts and one second Troop was Sec
ond. and tho First Troop. which had swept the
field on the previous night. showed in only one
event In particular. the hurdle race was rs
pluckily ridden and hard fought a contest as
one would wish to see.
At early drill the troopers marched under q
leaden sky, which threatened bad weather for
the sports. hut by 9 o'clock the sun had burst
through and scattered the mists II was hot
again but there was life in the air. which has
been lacking on tho former days The men
left the drill ground with springy step looking
forward to a fine afternoon and much pleased
with the comment Of their officers that the drill
had been wcl-nigh perfect. BY > o'clock the
bluff overlooking tho parade ground began to
take on a whitsh hue from the number Of
light summer dresses and m hour later, when
the men went out for the sports. there we're
several hundred SPECTATORS. Tho officers Of the
course were as follows: Judges. Major Greer Of
Major-Gen. Roc's staff and Major Brdgman (:
Starter. Capt. Badgley: Clerk of tho Course
Ordnance Sergt. Bovine; Announcer. Scrgt
Smith. MaJor-Gen. Roe was an interested spec
tutor. First on the list Of sports was head
cutting aud tent pegginG Owing to the un-
evenness Of the ground this was a difficult
MI ha etap la I'D ~ No
not high as compared with armory games.
where the horses arc trained and the surface
Level. The handling OF the horses was skillul
however ana there was general satisfaction at
the award OF first to Corporal Judson. Troop .
and second to Lieut. Freinghuyscn. Troop B.
In the potato race which followed Bugler
Holt " Troop =. a very light rider. started out
for his !urthest potato first. and by the time he
had swooped down on it. galloped back and
dropped II unerrng!y in the basket. 1t was
evident that the race was his. bar accident lie
won handly, with Private Booraem OF Troop 3
second and Corporal Judson Of Troop third.
In the low reach and gallon some very pretty
riding was shown. the horses going wide. not
because OF. but in spite OF. thcr hand
ling. which was excellent Three cavalry hand
kerchiefs were dropped on the lawn at intervals
OF twenty yards. and the contestants. riding at
Galop. were to lean down and pick up each Of
them. On the uneven ground the small hand
kerchefs we're difficult to grasp and many OF
the men overrea"hed but there was no caution
In their riding. all going at full pace. Bugler
Holt of Troop got frat in this event Also with
Private Booraem OF Troop 3 second. and Pr-
vate Holt OF Troop third.
By far the most spectacular OF the events was
the hurdle race, three times around the course,
four hurdles to lap. To put it mildly. many
OF the entries were as daring as the horses
were unskllled in jumping. some OF them hav-
ing never before been ridden at Jumps On
this account Capt. Badgley gave an opportunity
for trial at the first hurdle. In this Private
Clausen. who was riding an untried horse his
own having failed to arrive in time. got a bad
fall. his horse taking Off badly and striking the
hurdle so heavily as to smash 1t. The rider
WIS thrown, but pluckiy got TO his feet still
holding the reins. and mounted again for the
race. At the word ten horses started in n
bunch. and EXPLANATIONS of alarm came from
They They! never DO it." said the .ezEGerie9csd
But The racers reiled out q little and took the
banS hf sa an 'Se ." the The first Es s
sFSSshs fine riding and hs crow!
reached. however the green horses began TO
break away, Lieut., FrelinGhuysen,s mount
IN the reverse direction. stunning the hurdles |
vide ,bsv Two os6sT anmSs A.
oe snd ssrRt %rsh
hr4 assy RsnS a
and he tel. behind Gnidos Sergeant It" wallace I~s
and nco LisIt barry passing him at hot pace The
lie rdes ~ f. ssa OsnshsS To ans
heavily on his back, fortunately pretty well 70 |
one side. so that he was in no danger from |
sF HssiF to Ao'SG; ESess got ito hi 5 6t
comrades started to Hls %ss.t4nce nee but
away saying that be was only shaken axe T np. 4
little further on Private Childs was thrown
& SGth out w Of It. the fTst place ny 5ewesn
70, .na TFG IsHt , With waess q TrGog second
other s 'r pgcpy lfR nshs h Hdur S'Y thay
were ont OF the counting, CONSIDERING The ain,
Eery condition Of the turf and the greenness Of
quality. and the pace set al! through the race
was something 70 make ones breath come
Last OF the events was the novelty race. CON
sisting OF dash; dlsmopnting. putting on
an al nhnn me n raising Japanese umbrella
again Eorroral Judson Of Troop 2won, with
e esrs Mr RasS the T s a T0G second d
umbrella bosed toward tho Sn S"' Fear IN RIO 10
be carried over, the trooper who /. young
fellow and very light jumped. Ciinging TO tho |
refns he was caught in tAnglo and dragged |
but WAS not hurt. Al the close OF the event |
the field.
Tonight Major Brigham carried n new gold.
mounted sabre on parade, 1t was presented
TO him this afternoon by the First Troop which /
he formerly commanded. Capt. Calnmnnn MAX
ing the speech. Contrary to the usual custom |
Of such occas ions the Major knew nothing OF |
the matter and II was n complete surprise to
him At first he was 90 much affected that he |
could hardly speak. but presently pulled him
sell together and expressed his gratitude and |
affection for the Nom bers OF his old troop. |
The sword Is engraved Presented TO |
Major Oliver B, RridGman by members |
o. Troop !. Squadron A, n. q. y. T." |
The blade, will be engraved with the |
staff were at home " this afternoon TO the |
squadron and their friends. Among the vlsi. |
tors 70 camp were Mrs and Miss Roe. Mrs. |
Prentice. Mrs Rridgman,, Mrs: Kirk. Mrs |
laaG and Miss Holland and Miss Barry. The |
oihcer OF the day tomorrow is Capt Reed. |
and he officer Of the guard Lieut. Barry
Assistant Quartcrmastrr- General Holly is at |
work on garbage crcmatory to he used in |
camp Tor the destruction Of such refuse ms can |
not be thrown into the dump with safety, such |
as decaycd fruit and vegetables II will lie |
completed within day or two and will be triol |