The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-27
NIGHT AT GARDEN SHOW
TEAM TO WIN AT WALL SCALING
MEETS .DISQUALIFICATION. =.
Eighth Regiment Men Had IN Extra strap
on Their Rifles Mounted Swordsmen
Create Amusemcnt-Bromliow Makes
a New Record In the 9 Yard Run.


Major-Gen. Grant was reviewing officer
for the Military Athletic League in the Garden
last night, and after the parade there was a
fine card Of special military parts and before
the review some great athletic contests.
Tonight the Duke Of Cornwall Own Rifles.
the Forty-secopd Regiment Canadian Militia.
Lieut.-Col. Henry NJ. Pellet, commanding,
will make their appearance, 200 strong.
They come under arms, by special permission
OF the War Department, and are TO tour In
other American cities after leaving New York.
Col. Charles A.. Denike, Tenth Regiment,
National Guard, commanded the review,
His headquarters, are at Albany and the
regiment Is made up of separate companies
throughout the state. to- :
There was a good reception for Ma jor,-.
Gen. Grant. One sentry guardsfnan In a
fuster at being for the first time on guard.
politely raised his hat instead of presenting
arms, an incident the crowd noted and marked
by a special round of applause.
The wall scaling by regimental teams 81
guardsmen was new on the programme, -,
The making and breaking camp by. the
Fifth Infantry. shown in addition TO their
battle drill. in which the volley firing brought
out a swapping of the sixty rifles in one quick.
united report, made the usual hit. :
sixty heartsthat shoot as one, commented
the crowd as they applauded the volley firing
The fifteen foot wall presented 9 smooth
face Of pine boards, with a landing on top
four feet wide. and the scaling was a bit Of
real war athletics. Each team Of eight
charged the wall from a thirty-fve yard
mark, scaled it. ran thirty-fve yards and
turned, taking the wall again to finish at the
starting point. They carried rifles, the four
to have their guns slunR over the shoulders
acted as props at the wall holding the guns
for the jumpers and when their mates We're
up their guns were used 10 pull up the props
lin all. a lively act. There were three teams.
Coast Artillery. second, and the Fourth Regi-
ment, New Jersey thru; rtotorr both os+o
style and time, for the winners only needed
43t As seconds. Tho. Coast Artillery took up 1
minute Q 8 seconds and the Jerseyman ! MINUTE
Vision V Staff, the referee, took an innings.
He had noticed that the Eighth Regiment
men bad an extra strap on their rifles, very
ArfiGlerymen he disqualified the winners
T@is 'ls 9o tSird p Pls sss a tB Giant Gther teams q peg
The ups and downs Of the exhibition
mounted sword contests, another new fea-
eorei epnef rom 9 %e>ssiIosss al" and Soldiers IN
Smash him, but don't hit:the horsel' cried
Get EN- HOOKS. and they won i rum" yelled
But Wills some Of the work sussested the
was Of a generally good order when the frac-
tiousncss of the horses is :consid cred. The
s s2lnsss5Snihs T Rasim ss1s'' s EaSart5 J. cTFHhS omn..
Signal Corps: Corporal George Lamothe and
Private Henry Crispen, seyenty-fourth Reai-
yerein. The latter, who Is now out of the
National Guard, B an expertfencer and horse
man. He won both his bouts. scoring ten
Winner Sfa an'E Witb d RfGeRsS' points SPa 'F HE two UaS viii.
meet again in the final. The usual military
parts made up the balancc OF the programme.
marked the winning Of the $50 yard champion.
ship by Bromilow ,Twenty-serond Engineers.
b Dhg Is e'lIIe eyer two sSo se years. S az '6 By 4 iinishi ies G IN
& Close second; I. il; Never ssSeatysfsaEss
in So seconds. which did not place in ieop-
ardy his own record, OF So seconds. AN the
Championships have been at the Garden, and
the track not. being very fast last night;
s spHfn in the second SrSaddl6R heat Of o the one sneT mile Il 81.
man at 10 Yards. who has been winning q good
deal at the. armory meets. In the fourth
heat LID, Wentz seemed a winner. but was
OF the. .homestretch. Bromilow also won
the mile championship on Tuesday night,
The summary:
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n ss{S5.1,s : '' 8 s s IN; / ! S i i e { se l., !: :1 E,ss.n,
ssSondj Theodore J. Dick. Thirteenth Regiment
$50 Yards-MuItary .chainpionship-wou by
]. Bronllow, Twenty second Regiment Engineers.
qr,in.aeIis. E tssegeHd!' " v"SSn an TbSm' rbMiffsss.enandthb' Re III
mept, y, A., third. Tine, : minutes 4 seconds.
$40 Yards.AHniary cheinpicnshtp.-Wo Won by D,
Twenty second Regiment Engineers. second; s. c.
Northrtdgc. Twenty third Regiment third. Time,
81 seconds,