The Washington herald., 1912-04-25
Pick Of Army stesds Com
pete for Blue Ribbon
Yesterday.
COMPETITION Is KEEN

ard Wood, CHIEF OF Stan, and large
Representation Of washington society wit
messed the performance OF the horses and
their skilled riders The stands at either
end Of the riding han were well filed
with spectators. Secretary stimson and
a large party occupied box in the
south stand.
The judges stand was located In the
center OF the arena. The horses entered
the hall from a large doorway at the
northwest end OF the structure. There
were eleven numbers on the programme.
and all proved OF intense interest. The
winner OF Class !. the exhibition Of re-
mounts, was Dido, ridden by Private
Keehn. Third Field Artillery. Corporal
Robinson, Troop A. Fifteenth Cavalry,
riding Harriet Beecher stode. took sec
ond place. and Corporal Wood. Troop B,
Fifteenth Cavalry, won third place.
Private Kane Wins.
The second number. class OF chargers.
was won by cosmocrat, ridden by Private
Kane, Troop C, Fifteenth Cavalry. The
red ribbon was awarded 10 Sergt. Brown.
Troop D, Fifteenth Cavalry mounted on
Dawn.
The riders entered the hall carrying
the reins in one hand. The horses were
shown first at a walk. then at a trot,
and finally at a canter. Figure eights
were then described on the trot and at
a canter. and three-foot hedges were
jumped. The third number, an exhibi-
ton OF jumping. was won by Denmark,
ridden by Color Sergeant Conway. Fiji
teenth Cavalry. Red ribbons went TO
Actor. mounted by Sergt. Manley. Troop
A, Fifteenth Cavalry, and third place
was taken by Sergt. Cooley, Troop A,
Fifteenth Cavalry, mounted on Adven-
ture. The riders were required to circle
the hall twice, taking eight jumps. Four
obstacles were placed in the path. The
first was a brush hurdle the second an
imitation stone wall. topped with layer
OF blocks; and the third and fourth were
in and out post and rails, thirty-six feet
apart.
Pair Jumping Number.
The pair jumping. which comprised the
fourth number was won by Sergt. Man
ley, mounted on Actor, and Sergt. Cooley,
on Adventure. Second place was taken
by Sergt vandersee. Troop D. Fifteenth
Cavalry. mounted on Dargand: and
Cavalry, on Defeat. The pair galloped
around the hall leaping the hurdles to-
gether. The execution Of the number
was difficult. and there were many fouls.
The nth number, which was a jumping
exhibition for officers, was won by En-
chantress, mounted by Lieut.. Col F. s.
Foltz. Red ribbons were awarded to
First Lieut. r. F. Tate. Fifteenth Cav
airy. Lieut.. Tate tied for second place
with Scond Lieut.. E st. J. Greble. jr.,
Third Field Artillery, and both officers
were required TO perform again. Lieut..
Tate finished with an excellent record.
Lieut.. GrebIe cleared three of the hurdles
easily, but fouled the last one, losing sec
ond place.
of hardness and speed, as shown in a
bending race The number was for Of
ficers only. All OF the entries were polo
ponies up to fften hands Six white
posts were placed in line at distance
of about twenty-five feet apart. The rid
ers started at one end of the hall and
wound in and out among the posts at full
speed. A time-watch was used by the
judges in determining the winners. Blue
ribbons were awarded Skeeter, mounted
by First Lieut.. J. W. Downer. Third
Field Artillery. Second place was taken
by First Lieut. q. NJ. Russell, Fifteenth
Cavalry, mounted on Cricket. and third
honors were awarded Second Lieut. G. S.
Patton. ir., Fifteenth Cavalry, riding
Brownie
BoIo, the Untamed.
In the class Of oficers' chargers. blue
ribbons were won by Capt. J. r. Lind
sey, Fifteenth Cavalry, riding expert
ment Red ribbons were awarded to
Lieut.. Tate. mounted on Buster Brown;
and third place went to Lieut.. Col.
Foltz. riding Roy. The eighth number
was an exhibition Of military jumping
by officers. Eight obstacles were placed
in an irregular course. Two were OF
brush, and six were of the post and rail
type. Some amusement was afforded the
spectators by the capers Of Bolo, mount
ed by First Lieut.. W. w. Overton, Fiji
teenth Cavalry. Bolo absolutely refused
to take the hurdles. He reared and
plunged and kicked and snorted, but re-
fused to leap the obstacles. Lieut.. over
ton had a dificult time sticking to the
back of the bay gelding. After waiting
fully FIVE minutes for Bolo to become
reasonable, the judges decided that the
stubbornness could not be overcome. so
the door was opened, and the bay was
ushered out
First honors were won by First Lieut.
W H. Shepherd. Third Field Artillery.
riding Marshal Ney. Second place was
awarded Buster Brown. mounted by
Lieut. Tate. yellow ribbons were won
by Lieut. Col. Foltz, on Roy. The ninth
number, which was a continuation of
the military jumping, was won by Sergt
Manley on Actor. Red ribbons were
awarded Sergt- Cooley. mounted on Ad-
venture. Third place was taken by Prin-
cipal Musician Sanghove, Fifteenth Cav
airy Band, riding Bryan.
Artillery In Action.
The tenth number was an exhibition Of
three batteries OF artillery. The gun car
riages were drawn about the hall by six
horse teams. After cireling the hall, the
carriages were uniimbered ana the guns
prepared for action. After careful in
spection, the carriages were quickly as
sembled. One after another the carriages
were then Unanswered. first at a walk, |
and then at trot. The exhibition was
ended by the carriages describing large !
figure eights at trot and slow galiop.
First honors were awarded Battery D. |
Third Field Artillery. Second place was
won by Battery F. Battery e took third 1
place.
The eleventh number was an exhibi-
ton Of Jumping by two teams, one COM
posed OF army officers on duty in WASH
ington. and the other formed by oficersl
stationed at Fort Myer The event was
won by the Fort Myer team Of three
officers
At the conclusion of the horse show