New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-19
aR[oOD TELLS IN lone
RACE FOR ARMY HORSES
1horouqhbreds Divide Honors in
rourteen-MiIe Ga|Iop at
Benning Meet.
CONTEST IS SPECTACULAR
washington Society People See
Major Allen, of the General
Staff, Ride His Mount
to Victory.
IBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.

Telegraph 10 inc tribune
washington. May 1S.-Racing of a spec
..e,,lar order was witnessed by a large
srowd this afternoon at the old Benning
curse on the concluding day of the Wash
,nr,on Riding and Hunt Club meeting
The regular programme was in itself
. .ouerf,ll magnet, but the service test, the
most novel contest ever held in this coun-
~, attracted society folk and military Off
Gals from distant points.
The army service test over route of
,bout fourteen miles, brought together a
collection of horses of various types and
breeding. Sixteen answered the bugle call.
ond those with thoroughbred blood made a
6ecidedly favorable impression on the
crowd.
The first rider 10 finish was Lieutenant
81. John Greble. of the field artillery.
on a handsome chestnut gelding named st.
Angelo. Rider and horse were at once
surrounded by notahles in the society and
military world.
Lieutenant Grebes mount. a thorough
bred. arrived at the judges stand 50
minutes after the field was sent on its
Journey The others in the band reached
the finishing point some % minutes later.
After considerable figuring on the part OF
the patrol and placing judges the following
result was reached: Major Henry 7. Allen,
Of the General Staff. on Razzle Dazzle, Cd,
arst: Captain H. Rockwell, of the 18th Cav
airy, on Mariposa, second. and Colonel +.
G. Greble. Of the General STAFF, on Dan,
third
A feature Of the event was that the trio
that earned laurels are thoroughbreds.
Their action. ability &c carry weight and
stamina SO far outclassed the cold FLOODED
horses that It was manifest that they would
an the first three places, barring accidents.
There was some disappointment among
many. who thought that Lieutenant Greole
was entitled to first place on account OF
dstancing his opponents
The conditions for the race were novel
They required that the horses be the prop
erty Of the government or OF ofhcers Oh
The army or navy. The officers were to be
in uniform. Each horse had to carry l~
pounds oyer the distance of about fourteen
miles. divided into two sections.
The first part of the course was ABOUT
twelve miles, and the rules set time limit
of one and one-half hours in which the
contestants must get around. or TINS sec
fioa there were three miles Of cross coah-
trv. with nine obstacles, the remaining hlne
miles being over roads or trails.
The second part of the race was ABOUT
tuo miles on turf and track inside the IN
closure of the Benning racing grounds. III
this mart Of the course there were -FOUR
ipmns There was time limit OF ten min
u,ee 70 This leg of the course To make the
race complete the horses had TO jump thir-
teen obstacles.
Each officer was credited with 100 points
AT the start from which were DEDUCTED
PENALTIES as follows: For each minute III
excess of one hour and thirty minutes TOT
first section, one point; for knocking down
rar+ Of any obstacle. two points; for 'paik-
I1r" AZ any Of the obstacles, including
ditches, three points; for falling horse OF
rider. or both. four points. No penalty was
inflicted for horse that merely toucheu
Obstacles.
Lieutenant General Young. Colonel ROO
gers. L. :. A.. and Perry Belmont were the
Judges at the finish. Patrol judges VINO
rode with the contestants were Henry "a
stinson. Secretary Of War; Redmond Stew
srt. master OF the Green Spring valley
Hunt, and Frederick l. Huidekoper. secre-
tarv Of the Washington branch OF the Ma
,ional Cavalry and Artillery Remount AS
ISOLATION.
officers Of the United States signal corps
were stationed at many points In the race
and they reported by field service telephone
The positions Of the horses, their scores and
the incidents and accidents which made or
marred the progress Of the struggle 1hese
REPORTS We're bulleuned at the grandstand
by the presiding Judges.
Alfred Noble duplicated his victory OF
Thursday in winning the Stephen -
Elkns Cup. a steeplechase event, at TWO
and half miles lie had three rivals Tor |
the trophy. which was valued at sL0p
Winfield S. Kfton's Kingpin, o. l.. Rich
srds's Day Bell and Miss A. \. Singer
Enniskilen were the ones supposed TO keep
Ivan Fox's champion jumper busy. nut the
brown son Of Garry Hermann is right no"
al the top Of his form, and raced MS OPP
ponents into subsection long before the
FINAL fence was reached.
Apache carrying the popular SILKS oil /
Charles r. Fleischmann, won the Bennings
Cup. al one mile and n quarter. after
gruelling struggle through the stretch with
Thomas Roderlck's Absconder. Neither
Dullcare nor Faultless ran 10 form
Matabon won the Army and Navy cup
J. " Frye the Rock Creek Cup, MISS
Hynes the Henry Of Navarro Steeplechase
and Carterette the Washington Riding and
Hunt Club Cup. Johnny Tucker. Lieu
tenant Fred Alpers, Lieutenant y. O. Alex
ander, Tim Donohue Tommy Wright and
Lieutenant g r. Rockwell were the VIC
torious riders
Some Of the visitors in the clubhouse and
grandstand were Mrs. Horace Westcott,