The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
.CAvALRYMEN ARE
Wal Ing GAL |
Are Ready to Go Against Foreign
Officers for Show Ring Hon
ors in Fall.
c RACKS ARE COMM
French, Begians and British Are
Slated to Ride in New York
Horse Show.

Washington, D. c., August 6.-Amer-
lean cavalry officers. particularly those
stationed at the Western army posts.
are on edge awaiting the selection OF
the teams which VIII participate IN
the international competitions at the
National Horse Show in New York
next November. against the crack rid
ers of Great Britain's Hussars and
Lancers. who have accepted the as
sociaton's invitation to compete.
In addition to the British officers,
President Alfred G. Vanderbilt is
hopeful of securing the presence of
the French and Belgian riders who
competed SO successfully In the In
ternational Horse Show at the Lon
don Olympia last month.
AT the National Show at Madison
Square Garden last year the Ameri-
can team. which included Lieutenant
Eben Swift, Jr.. Eleventh U. S. Cav
airy; Lieutenant John G. Montgomery,
Seventh U. s. Cavalry; Lieutenant J..
s. Martin. Fourteenth U. S. Cavalry;
Lieutenant Gordon Johnston. Third u.
/ S. Cavalry, and Lieutenant George w.
Lee, Seventh u. S. Cavalry, made a
splendid showing, considering the
| short time at its disposal for schooling
T.
| toned the participation In the big
| event.
| In the International Horse Show In
London, Belgium lnd France sent
their finest riders into the arena with
The officers of tho Slxlcnrta DANCERS
| In the competition for King Edward
WIS cup, and the Britons were over
] whelmed by the art and the ywnnder-
fully schooled animals OF the conti-
mental officers. Only single fault
| separated Belgium, which Won from
France, the second choice, while. the
Lancers were Inundated by criticism
1urging new system of schooling in
| riding along the lines of tho contl-
mental armies. The United States
/ Army was not represented in the COM
petition, but 1t has been reported to
i the officials OF the national show that
there Is good reason to believe that
4 the men in blue who will appear In
the ring at Madison Square Garden
will represent the flower of the picked
riders of the army.
II Not little OF the success attending
+ 1.-The jumping and riding exhibitions OF
I the British Army horsemen IN the ma
u tional and International horse shows
held In New York and Chicago, respec.
lively, last winter was due to the d..
rection of Colonel the Hor. j. G, Beres-
ford, D. s. O., Seventh Hussars, Alder
Shot, who again will have complete
lcharee of the English team, which
wiil include Lieutenant Geoffrey
/. Brooke. Of the Sixteen Lancers, who
4 led the British riders and jumpers n
q the international show at the Olympia
n In June. Added interest mas hesn g ~,
. Off GERS BY the report from Lieutenant
Winfield B. sifton, of Toronto. can,
that the Dominion government VII
]. formally conclude arrangements so 20,
!, whereby "a team OF ten CANADIAN ON
, cars will attend the natlonal snow
= These riders are quite likely to be pro
!; IVided with the best schooled mounts
\ to be found in Canada, 50 eager ars
3 Officers OF the War Department 70 sne%
II diers over the team from the Mother
Country. as wssl as the teams OF tn