The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-22

Father O'Reilly had taken a great deal of interest in his proposed ride in the af- ternoon, ard ordered a good horse from one of the stables. The stable boy de- liyered the horse to one of the reeimentaI headquarters instead of to the bf-fe4de headquarters, and a Short time before Brigadier General Clark stan was to go on the field he asked about his horse.
 Adjutant Jones told ather OfReIllvj to take any horse from the 1one string He'd at the brigade stable, and he chose EaIs horse, which afterward proved to be a wild and unruly animal and which had been refused before. In fhe excitement of the review no one noticed Father OReilly's mount, and f gave him no trouble until after the review. when it started running for headduarters.
 Target practice for ths trophy offered by Brigadier General Clark Is hstng con ducted every day. Yestef6ay the stdond and Third infantry regiments were on the rangs and today artillery and the First infantry will shoot. The cavalry shot Wednesday. Col. H. B. Gray of the gov. ernor's staff has offered a medal for the best individual shot In the brigade This will be decided Saturday morning when the regular regimental contest will take place. The shoot for the trophy has
 
 ing, as that is considered the best time. So far some excellent scores have been made by the regimental teams and the indications are, that the contest will be very close The trophy offered by Gen eral Clark is a handsome solid silver loving cup lined with gold, and it will be suitably engraved.
 Major Tebbetts is expected to remain ir camp Saturday night. General Clark has requested all his staff to remain in camp over night and it is probable that every one of them will comply with the re- quest Saturday night.
 One of the amusing features of the en- component is when the soldiers get negro in a blanket and toss" him. This consists of throwing him in the air any number of feet possible. A score of sol diers catch hold the edges of a big blAn- ket, and get negro on the inside. Three times they have preliminary toss" and the next time they throw him nigh in the air He drops back into the blanket a5d then is tossed again. The sport draas hundreds around the place where it ia being carried on and all enjoy it. Ii ia next to impossible to hurt the negro if ba lies still and allows himself to be '.oss- ed, but if he kicks he is liable to falI outside the blanket and get fall
 If any one Is looking for a really pic. turesque sight they should be around tbs encampment on these moonlight niglts 1. It suggests some of the descriptions of soldiers life to be found in the nose,a and is we'll worth a trip to the grouads to see. People can ride by on the car and come back by the encampment Win out getting off. The cars turn just Q short distance beyond the encampment
 Lieutenant Colonel Mcconnell has heen very much pleased with the showing of the Third regiment. Not only has tha conduct of the companies been very much better than on any previous encampmentl but they are making a better showing both as to numbers and drill.
 Four Of the companies have received special notices from the colonel. Company z of Gadesden, B of Florence, I of ox- ford and D of Anniston have so far shown up to excellent advantage. Company I of which Captain Smith is in command has made an exceptionally fine impression. Captain Smith takes great interest in his company and never allows 1t to go on the field unless all of the men are dressed alike.