New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-20
TOURNEY BEGINS TONIGHT.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN POSSES
SION OF THE SOLDIERS


AIRY ARRIVES FROM FORT ETHAN ALLEN
MILITARY GUESTS ENTERTAINED AT
pINNER-rHE PROGRAMME FOR
THIS EVENING
Tho hurlo calls are sounding In Madison square
Garden to-day Tho first blast that showed tha' ''''
military tournament which opens to-nlsh'' Wa
be successful was from Captain D"dd Iousn ~"
ing troop OF the 81 Cavalry, when came III az
quick time from out Of a raiIstorm that pei'c" '"o
men and the horses at o'clock yesterday morn
ing The men came sixty strong and sixty horses
all the way from Vermont They rode from ro''
Ethan Allen to Burlington and thence came DOWN
I'm good style and in good time. The special COM
mlttee Of the officers Of the Military League got out
OF their beds at an early hour to meet the cavalry
men at the West Thirty th.rd-st. station
Following them. I'm the early afternoon, Light
Patterv F. OF the 5th Artillery Numbered into the
Garden. after leaving Fort Hamilton. riding along
Fourth-avc.. Brooklyn. and coming to New-Nork by
the Thirty-nnth-st. ferry. They were a good adj
vertisement for the Military Show as they rode up
Broadway.
TNe trackmakers were busy all day, and at even
ing there was "A practice drill by the ID Battery
under Lieutenant Flanagan. The Sd Cavalry men
caught the Infection from the 2d Battery. and
CaptlIn Dodd ordered his men up for drill and
lc-umping The evolutions Of the famous
troop We're good practice for men and horses, and
the few spectators who happened to be In the
Garden enjoyed the preliminary exhibition
The track in the Garden Is In good condition,
and he athletic contests that will be given to-
night should have no irpedlment. The review.
which Will be by General Wheeler tonight will
present at tho Garden a military pageant worth
seeing
The military CHAMPIONSHIPS that are to be de-
cided this week worth fighting for. ana there
ar pGgsh P1 anS To TIM RaTE G Of the
/ best material i'm skill and endurance
The military part Of the show VIII De strong.
New York people love the soldiers; as is shown
hv the sale Of boxes and tickets. which Is SAID 10
/ be nearly double that OF last year.
The military guests Of the League were enter
tanned last evening al a dinner at the waldorf
eral Joseph Wheeler. the principal guest or the
/ evening cencnted old friendships and made many
new ones. Among the others AZ the table were
Colonel Charles II. i.uscomh Lieutenant-Colonel
/ Lioutenant-C commander Frankli1; Major David
! Wilson Colonel a. n. rrcadwell. Captain u. I.
/ Clayton General lanes McI.eer. General McCos-
krv Butt. General George Moore Smith. Colonel
Andrews. Captain Neville Miller. Colonel hunting.
don Captain J. W. Miller. Captain George n. Dodd
and Lieutenant Frederick W. Fuger.
The programme for tonight follows:
ATHLETIC.
/ in nnal hoaO mile hanlcap and one mile
! bicycle race novice.
MILITARY.
Review by General Joseph Wheeler q United states
troops Navy and Marine de;achmen's, National Fuaid
and Naval Militia driil and battle exercises. l3;h IL
/ fau.ry T. S A.: single stick and landing drill by Navy
/ dc.ochmcnt: 2i Battery. y c. y " in Calling gun
cavalry Troon: artillery drl and driving exhibition by
/ Light Battery +. 9TH United states Artillery.