The San Francisco call., 1904-11-19

The dashing cavalry men and the ar
tillery men divided the attention at the
department athletic contests yesterday
at the Presidio. The horses of the post
were entered into the games and they
seemed TO catch the spirit of the affair.
They were good typical army horses,
not overbeautiful, but full of ginger
and sure footed as goats-active service
horses.
The banner event of the day was the
relay race between two artillery and
two cavalry teams. Civilians looking
at it held their breath fearing that
some of those active, reckless troopers
who mounted while their horses were in
a gallop and dismounted when the ami
mails were running like the wind would
certainly break their necks The race
went to the cavalry men, of course. The
gunners were a trif1e slow in the starts,
while the troopers were-we1l as quick
as United States cavalry men are
known to be.
The rough riding exhibition was eX
actly what the name indicates. The
troopers did stunts that would make
circus acrobat look foolish They rode
with The recklessness of a cowboy or
Cossack of the Don. LeaDing TO the
backs of galloping steeds, vaulting
over the backs of two running horses,
standing uD on running horse, these
We're a few of the feats accomplished,
not a spill nor missteD was made
The light artillery made good the re-
mark made by a well-known general
There is nothing so pretty as a field
battery in action" With a. a'jingling of
chains and a rumbling of wheels the
guns rolled into the field with the
horses on a gallon. A few notes on the
bugle and they turned unlimbering in
an instant. Breech blocks were opened
with clickings and loads inserted. There
was a hurried scampering back of the
gunners and then the crash of the can
mons. In another second it seemed the
guns were Iimbered and whirled to an
other part of the field
The finals of the hurdle races and the
100 and 220 yard daSheS were run off in
remarkably good time. Corporal Hunt
proved himself a Mercury in brass but
tons and blue, taking two first places
and one second in these events. He
rolled UP the score of the Fifteenth In
fantry so that it seems that organiza-
ton has the athletic pennant
cinched. The baseball game between
the Preside boys and the Thirteenth
Infantry team was a warm contest till
the ninth inning. Then the Preside
stickers located Pitcher Trueston of the
Thirteenth When the smoke of battle
cleared the score read to 0 for the
Preside. The results:
10o-yard dash: Final heat-won BY Sergeant
Rice. Twenty ninth Company. Coast Artillery;
Corporal Hunt Sixty-ffth Company. Coast
Artillery. second Private Steward Company
X. Fifteenth Infantry. third. Time, 10 20
seconds.
i20-yard hurdles. Final hest-won by Cor
poral Hunt sixty fifth Company. Coast Artil-
lery; Private GillesDie. Company l. Fifteenth
Infantry, second; Private Wllett. Company
a. Thirteenth Infantry third. Time, IL Is
seconds.
220-y yard hurdles: Final heat-Won By Cor
poral Hunt Sixty fifth Company. Coast Artil-
lery: Private Erwin. Company NJ. TsEth IN
fantry, second; Musician Cullen. Company r.
Thirteenth Infantry. third. Time 50 seconds.
220-yard dash: Final heat-Won by Ser
geant Rice. Twenty-ninth Company. Coast
Artillery; Sergeant Harnette. Company J..
Fifteenth Infantry. second Corporal Welsh.
Sixty-first Company Coast Artillery, third.
Time % As seconds
Mounted relay race--Won BY + Troop.
Fourth Cavalry; second Fifth Company. Coast
Artillery. Time 2 minutes II 3-5 seconds.
Mile reay-Won by the Preside team. Fiji
teenth Infantry team second. Thirteenth Infan-
try team third Time. > minutes and - seconds
ASKS PAY FOR SONS DEATH.-AIexander
Durbin yesterday sued the Oneida Mining Com