The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-29
COLORADO KNIGHTS
WIN DRILL CONTEST
First Prize Goes to Denver Tenn
plar COmmandery.
CHICAGO WAS SECOND
hot FIGHT OVER DEPENDENT
MEMBERSHIP QUESTION.

an admiring throng Of 1900 people and
under the critical eyes Of a board Of
judges composed of three regular army
I officers and a representative Of the
/ Knights Templars, today captured first
I prize IN the competition for drill teams
of the communicates of the Knights
St Bernard, No. 50, Of Chicago, the IA
/ fOrite with the majority of spectators,
! captured second place. while Golden
I Gate No 10 Of san Francisco and Han
selman No. IS of Cincinnati, came in
for third and fourth prizes respective
~ California commandery No. 1, be
ing the only mounted command. had no
{ difficulty in capturing The trophy for
I the best appearance and drill on horse
I back.
The drill was the feature Of the day.
{ interest was intensified by the fact that
/ it was the first since 1888, when Louis
! vile carried Off first hOnors. The con-
I test took place on Churchill Downs
/ the home of the Louisville Jockey club.
! Long before the exhibition began the
regular grand stand was filled, and by
II a. m. the steps leading 20 it were
/ crowded. a temporary stand built
| across the track was jammed full and
/ thousands of people were on the field.
| 1t was goOG humOred crowd. although
/ Jhe sun was hot enough to spoil some
J dispositions. and applauded the good
! work and the breaks of the perspiring
/ contestants alike.
J Not one Of the communicates went
/ through the ordeal without mistakes
/ which were evident to the crowd but
/ as hOnOrs seemed about even in this
/ respect everybody. except the Judges
| was in complete ignorance as to the
| winners, until tonight when the awards
were made known before an immense
| IhrOng In the horse show building.
Cheers For Colorado.
When H. P. Grant. chairman Of the
3 n HafN e.
I Jlcs under which the contest was con-
/ Quoted, opened the sealed envelope
1 containing the verdict, and. announc-
I ing that the men from Colorado had
l captured the chief trophy the applause
! was deafening. It was some time he
| Iore Mr. Grant could make himself
/ heard again
/ me Colorado men marched on the
J Heid at the Downs this morning com
/ manded by Captain r. c. Kincaid of
/ DenNer. Ihey were second on the pro-
sLaHlIne- following the men from
/ w aShlngtOn. The crowd ascertafDed in
/ a hurry that the commaudery was q
| crack drill organization and aDpIauded
! vigorously.
The Denver men exceIled in the
I sword movements. In the fnspectfOu
I there was never a perceptibIe move
Z Hient Of muscle on the part of anv
I member The right wheel of pIatoons
mo Inc, the right by platoons from
7
were superb. The comma nde~v -
[ lsned one minute after the warning re-
I cal, and four minutes within the limit
a perfect storm of applause followed
I me completion of the final movement
z A NUMBER of beautiful dispIar- rl,ox~a
ments were executed by the Denver
I commandery before leaving the field
AT p. m, in the horse show buil5-
} ING brilliantly lighted with rows uDon
i il,,9, OF seats e-cupied by IN Alarmed
i Hny
Z stamme leading up to the award of
Z prizes was begun. There were instyI1-
/ mental music and exhibit drills nv tba
1ol -Ii ~ ueIles which were awaiting the
Z Nerdlct of the board of judges
W men this was read the commando
/ IeS TOOK positions according to fbefr
/ Standing in the awards A score oe
I Aentucky bellies. acting as snonsors
presented the prizes This over. the
/ contestants and their sponsors led q
grand march, after which dancino he
gan The trophies were of silver ana
We're as follows: -i4
Prizes Were Valuable.
Firse prize, thirty pieces. vaIusd
at $1,000 F'iusu
Second prize, twenty-five pieces. 1iba-
ton set, valued at s.. 0OG.
IhIrd prize, centerpiece, valued at 81
Fourth prize. two pieces CnouDtad,
valued at $500. ~
Fifth prize, loving cup. valued q Z $500
me judges were Captain A S. Elem
ing, artillery, L. s. A: Lieutenant FTra5
Denlack. TWenty-sec0nd infantry L &
A; captain Charles Suret. artillery L
, A. and Major c. s. AmmeI. a Tenn
plar officer of Columbus, o.
What is known as the denan5an+
mem DerShip question precipitated , hot
IlgnI at the meeting of the grand en-
campment- 1t ended in the encamproanf
sustaining the ruling of Grand RTas+er.
Lloyd. Briefly, ne holds that to be in
sood standing knight tempIar must
maintain his standing in both cbanter
and lodge. 'ei
The grand master read an arpun,a-,+
upholding his position. and the mater
theh went TO the committee on iuris
prudence The committee brought r., n
majority report accepting the sraD5
masters stand in the matter. but a mi
noIlty report was also submitted and
notify advocated on the floor. The I've
reports were finally submitted to the
members Of the encampment. $50 of
Whom were present, and the vote s71s-
famed the majority report by over 200
ballots.
Inc jurisprudence committee also
brought in report sustaining the
sIdho master IN his position that a
grand master cannot create a knight
templar at sight. after the tancienf
Iasnlon OF kings, who knighted soldiers
on the held of battle. This question has
oeen mooted one, as there has always
been an element favoring the srantfng
OF this privilege TO the grand com
mander' who would thus be able to
honor prominent men a the way of
universities and COLLEGES, confer de-
erees on distinguished persons.
Inc encampment decided to mt the
assessment Of sir knights back IN :
cents per capita year. At the Pitts
burg conclave the rate was reduced IN
cents as the encampment had more
money that it knew what to do with
Grand Recorder Mayo sa,u tonight mar
tnere was still plenty OF money on
mana ana the adoption of the old rate
had no particular significance.
A committee to select the time and
place for the next conclave was an
pointed. The committee viii report to-
morrow afternoon or FRIDAY.
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