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rows stood by imratiently paving the ground
and nhamuinp nj their bits

ing and dlsarranRlnR until presently three
mettlesomo wheelbarrows were straining at
the leash for the first heat. At the word they
got of together and with bump:ious leaps COW
| cred the distance amid the stupendous howls
| OF the excited popuacs. II was decided that
| n dun wheelbarrow propelled by n trooper in a
| blue and white sweater and u yellow. wheel
barrow driven by soldier In white under
shirt had qualified for the finals. The second
| heat was won In hot roll by q roam barrow.
| handled in mastery manner by driver In
grass green striped paianas. As the men
| lined UP for the final tho air was filled with the
| ,lamor OF those who desired to wager upon the
| outcome, and huge quantities OF soda. ginger
ale and lime juice were staked upon the ie-
| suit. The prize. consisting Of n bottle OF gin
| ger ale and "a box OF apricots. lay upon the
track at the finish. and the condition of the
| contest was that he should be adJudged the
winner who should first reach the ginger ale
| and pick IL up.
At the word 'go!" the three barrows leaped
forward with one i'm pulse and for twenty yards
ran evenly. Then:the yellow. which was on
the left. struck stone and went up in the air.
and before the pusher could steady IT he was
| out OF the race. On rushed the other two at a
| mad gallop while the frenzied shouts OF the
| rooters made the band sound like the Jinglng
| OF 80 cents in a padded pocket. Soon it was
was giving his barrow It's head. and steadily il
| forged to the front until II was q clear length
| to tho good. From the First Troop there burst
forth a mighty roar OF Jubilation mingled with
! warnings,
by
But he in the striped night garments had no
intent TO 20 BY At the finish he let GO all and
prize bottle, while his fiery wheelbarrow plunged
forward into the crowd and smote lIeuten,
ant hip and thigh. so that he stood on his head
with his feet. Then. being reversed by helpful
troo9srs. he LIFTED gp he voice and in one
snd disqualified the pusher thereof on the spot
Tor treason. deserton in the hour OF battle. dis
and assault in all the degrees known to law.
But the propeller Of the roam wheelbarrow;
benG theG ENGAGED in samne the ru Of
victory from the apricot box. was duly de:
clared the winner and the First Troop exalted
half back. and In the same breath sardoncally
asked the Third Troop whether they possessed
defeated ones announced that they we're still
In the ring and had pair OF three-legged iun-
nerf who in race for the honor Ct the troop
four iegs that loped as three Here tho Sec
ond Troop. which had fallen badly TO the rear
q team on which they offered odds OF club soda
% saysaparlla The. other two troops were TAX
ing all bets in sight and there were pros poets
OF drought in the losers quarters whom the
race started.
vast satisi ACTION OF inc multitude, which. being
decarsd il q dead heat; A, nobody was able to
time the second lot came .plunGing down the
which Involved some confusion: but a win.
ming team was picked despite more cries OF
dead heat" and when the other heat was run
were they or when the left hand pair got into
nm argument regarding the timing Of their
Ion md hAn tnrr tnNa afaIf hAyg nd %
make aerial diagrams with illustrative fore
fingers: whereby they were presently, out Of
ton they Ho %crs se . at l.
came came %hoop q .rtpmDs tE2m the nish line
cleanly ::ahead OF their field and won with
sometime to snare; In the last rod the sec
tory imitation OF centipede writhing in
nsoIy Severe az ns;isting trooners were &C.
to untangie them. 1t was again the First
4 mounted race was next on The programme
lIghtest men in the troor. The 100 pcund
hnsler had the mount on the talest man IN
looking like fly on girares neck. II took
some little time To- get the starters on the
moniousiy the seat and method q their riders
70 sooner were they Off than 'Wi!lee" Fickens.
who was tipped to win. stumbled.
~ Bp. 4 was The feet that were in trouble.
and thepair spent the rest OF the evening pick |
Ing gravel out Of ea.h other with knives and |
interspersing thsir sappine and mining with
TIT The rae race was Won by Grannis ridden BY
second The principal feature OF .he back |
Tat ths dash The nsh Of Grans
came down In a straight line and |
we're all even five yards from the finish. Then |
Grannis, feeling himself going over, made
the crowd, which was half way across, the
track made a Wild Leap for victory and laid his
nearest spectator Wi tn such abandon as to in.
cite that soldier 70 turn = double somersault
for his departed breath. Then Grnnna top
pied over, rolled un to the Judges and claimed
tSes Se cn w4s SnS f him BY
neck. IL was the backward leap that did It. |
The recipient Of the leap was assisted to the
which 70, replace his wind. Following this
Vas Tir., ~ triple whesibarrow rice. won by the
Two bandmen got ont and raced next, the
ccnrnet beating tho bass horn out by a nose. |
for a1 to e GH nsb and The
heat Lieut.. Patterson beat out Assistant Sur
S Se"n bBeliamy by yard The second heat
i. What fun there wps:was al! his. He came
OF dead heat" -
For the snas the troopers strove to entice
Major Bridgman into the dash. but he said |
that after observing the WORK OF his officers he
was satisfied that no enemy on earth could |
catch them. that they didn't need his encour.
agement and that,:In the absence OF his own
special event. ilve-mile rush over six-foot
trolling the track and shooting Off Private
Becker's special hulldog'mascot. who required
constant discussion 10 keep him from joining
In the contests.
For the finals OF the officers dash all the bet
ting was on Lieut.. Patterson. for on his pre-
yiOus form he look sure winner. He and
Cant Cammann and Lieut. Frelin ghuvsen
lined IN ut the word. There were two starters
at the start and several dozen at tho other end.
Arc you ready" shouted the several dozen
in chorus. Yes? No? Why not Z" Get
ready -"One-two-go! Co Why don't you
go2"
The three started and then changed their
minds and turned back
Put EN- hack ten yards" yelled the roop.
pedo." Start en- with n gate"
In the general clamrr tho threo=started |
again and let themselves in for severe taking
to from tho non-com who was experimenting
matters Mt the start Finally he told them 10
set" and sat they did In the most approved
form, rrOuching with finger TIPS TO the ground.
Ready" cried the startc~ "One-two'-"
They're off," shouted the massed troopers
along the course.
Come back Rrowled the non. com. Capt
4 Il.