The San Francisco call., 1905-08-26
CONTESTS END
At PRESIDE
Military Competition Brings
Out Many First : Class
Horsemen and Sprinters
DRIVERS ARE SKILLFUL
Teams Of. Field Batteries
Make Excellent Records
in Closing Exhibition

The military athletic competition of the
Department of California that has been
going on for the last three days at the
Preside came to a close late yesterday
afternoon. The contests have been emf
in the troops now stationed here there
are some frst-class athletes and some re-
naarkably clever horsemen.
The closing event of the morning was
the exhibition drivers contest. 1t was
spectacular and highly interesting to the
troops as well as to- .he spectators. The
six different teams, each consisting of
were driven at full gallop between stakes,
which only allowed a distance of three
inches on each side from the hub.
Corporal Walsh and Artifcer Robinson,
riding in the second team of the first bat
terry, showed themselves to be excellent
horsemen and splendid riders. Although
they were riding their horses at full
gailop they passed through the stakes
many times only knocking one stake
down.
Private E. G. Hunt again came in for
more honers yesterday, winning the 220-
yard hurdle with apparent ease in
twenty-five and three-fifth seconds.
The exhibition of mounted gymnastics
by men selected from the second squad
IOii VI Tie L III SeNdliy was Oll q HIT
with the high class of horsemanship
usually seen at circus. They went
through different fancy riding feats and
wound up with Cossaek riding. Great
applause followed this event.
From purely athletic standpoint the
one mile relay race met with most favor
by the troops looking on. The sprinting
of the twelve men in this contest was
unusually fast.
The Thirteenth Infantry baseball team
is now the champion of this department,
having won out at the final game with
score of to l against the Preside team.
During the day there was plenty OF
music from the bands of the Thirteenth
Infantry and Third Band Artillery Corps
About 1000 people witnessed the contests
yesterday, among whom were General
Sumner and staff and General Funston
and staff.
Following were the contests and the
winners:
First contest. obstacle raee-First Private
Kingsbury, SO 1-5 seconds; second, Private Ho-
mer F. Dame; third, Private Patrick Ryan.
Exhibition mounted gymnastics, in charge
of Lieutenant Henry C. Pratt.
Second contest. throwing the 16-pound ham
mer-F1rst, Sergeant sa shsrWood, 81 as Zee. @ 3
inches. thirds corporal w Q. Hampton. VI
feet inches. ?
Third contest. 22O-yard hurdle, fnal-First.
Private r. G. Hunt, % So seconds: second. Pri-|
rate Yarmouth; third, Musician George Giles
pie.
Fourth contest, one mile relay race--Wen by
Preside team. time minutes; Fourth Cavalry
second, Thirteenth Infantry third.
Exhibition drivers conrest-First. second:
team of First Battery, time l minute sec
cnds. riders Corporal Walsh and Artificer Rob
r son; second, second team of Ninth Battery,
time 1 minute 10 seconds, riders Sergeant No.
yek and Private Williams; third, first team
of Twenty fourth Battery time minute % 40
seconds riders Private Williams and Private
Williams.
In the afternoon at 1:3o o'clock the
Fifteenth Infantry crossed bats with the
L thirteenth Infantry. The latter team won
by a score of to 5. Ii. the second game
the Thirteenth Infantry beat the Preside
team with score of 6 to /.
The Presidio baseball team will cross
bats to-day with the San Francisco State.
League team at the Preside athletic
grounds at 2:30 o'clock.