The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-28
THE PRIZE FELL TO FLEMING.
GEORGIA HUssARs HELD THEIR
PRELIMINARY TILT.

The Horses Ran in the Park Extern
siOn-Lieut. Gordon CasseIs of the
Liberty Independent Troop Made
the Best Score and Lieut.. w.W.Gor-
don, Jr., of the Hussars Was Sec
Ond, But Commissioned Officers
Were Barred From Accepting the
Prize-Crowd Was Out to See the
TiIung-AnnuaI Tilt VIII BE Next
Saturday AfternOOn-Dr. r. G. Nor
ton, Jr., Is Troop Surgeon.
A squad of the Georgia Hussars tilted
in the Park extension yesterday afternoon
don. Jr. Next Saturday afternoon there
is to be tilt in which more of the troop
ers are expected to take part, as it will
be the regular annual affair.
Private Jack Fleming was the winner
of the preliminary contest. He was beaten
by both Lieut. Gordon Cassels of the Lib
erty Independent Troop and Lieut.. Gordon
of the Hussars. but the officers were bar
red from accepting the prize.
The score on which Private Fleming de-
feated the other enlisted men was 42.
Lieut.. Cassels led in the contest, with
score of 50, while that made by Lieut..
Gordon was 45lk. None of the filters APP
peared to be up to their usual form, and
the scores credited to them were not as
large as their friends believe them able
to make.
The fitting began at o. clock. Gen. w.
w. Gordon, Capt Henry McAlpin and
Lieut.. G. b. Pritchard, Jr., acted as the
judges of the contest. Quite a crowd
had collected to witness the affair, and
the running of horses and the swift and
def movements of the cavarymen were
watched with interest Now and then
particularly good run would elicit bit
of applause, but Lieut. Cassels enjoyed
more of that than any other rider when
he made as clean a score on one of his
runs as cutting every head and taking
every ring could give him. Something
about the performance of his saber ex-
ercises interfered with his making 90
so that 10 was the total given by the
judges
The course the horses run is lined with
the objects at which the riders cut and
point. The first stroke is a right cut
against infantry, which successfully done
nets one point to the rider Then comes
a quartz point at a ring, and If it is Sc
cured three more points are made. Next
Is the left cut against cavalry, which
means four points, and 1t is followed by
a-tierce point at a ring that brings three
points. The course is closed with a right
cut against cavalry, and II the head falls
with the stick evenly cut one more point
Is made. Exercises mean seven points,
and horsemanship l.
While the horses are on the course thew
are going al full speed The limit set
Tor their running is eleven seconds, but
they all make il in considerably less tins,
Between each trial for his points a rider
has 10 bear in mind his saber exercises
, and be careful to 80 through them prop
erly if he wants good score. That forms
the difficult part of the thing, keeping the
mind intent on the exercises and az the
same time on the making of the rings
and heads.
Each rider was given three runs No de-
lay occurred between the speedy bursts
down the course, and the interest was
Neen until the close of the tilt. The fol-
lowing is The score made by each rider in
each run and the total of the three: