El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-24

whip with the skill OF y veteran MI
Tinker was picturesquely costumed IN
cowboy chaps and broad brimmed
StetSOn.
on either side of the coach rode ".
H. Livingston and A H Jackson in
full cowboy regalia- On the box with
Mr.. Tinker were little Miss Josephine
Morfit and 1. c. Dressler-
The party which drove to the show in
the pioneer coach included Mrs. Jose
phine Nations MOrfits Mrs. w. L.
TOOley, Lieut. and Mrs. Berkeley 7. Mer-
chant, Lieut.. 3. O. Kennedy, Mrs
Aubrey Lippincott, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Torres and Mr.. and Mrs Charles
LOOMS. The coach doors and back
were Ornamented with the E P. & 5.
W. safety first" emblem
Trumpeters Herald Army Coach
Shortly after the arrival Of this re-
minder Of the frontier days, the guar
termasters' department "Dougherty
Coach" deliberately decorated with
flags and bunting, bearing the quar-
termasters corps insignia entered the
arena, drawn by six army mules. Nine
trumpters blew calls as the coach made
its way around the ring to a position
beside the grandstand-
In the party occupying the coach
were Capt. and Mrs A. P. Watts,
Iieut and Mrs RAYMOND Bamberger
Mrs. ". D. Lansden, Mrs. Carolyn
Payne Harris. Lieut.. Foster and E.
Percy Peterman.
Safety First Wins a Heat.
feature OF the show was the race
between the army coach and the cow
boy coach, Riding ahead was q
trooper to clear the way, and beside the
safety first coach rode the cowboys.
firing shots into the air as they sped
along. About half way round the
course the four horses began to get
ahead of the six mules, and at the
finish the army wagon was yards be-
hind.
High Jump Opens Program.
Opening the Horse show, the first
event was the high jump, class "a"
The enlisted men exhibited first, fol-
lowed by the officers. First place was
won by Peanuts" ridden by private
sandy" ridden by private Hamlin,
also OF company ]. signal corps, won
second The bar was cleared at four
feet three inches.
Rebel ridden by Lieut. A D Surles,
18th cavalry, won first place; SANDY
ridden by Lieut. Henry Meyers, 18th
cavalry, second. and ~Cosmocrat" rid
den by Capt Warren Dean, 18th cav
airy, third. The first prize in this
event was a silver cup and the
blue ribbon Second place received
the red ribbon and third place yellow.
The officers mounts cleared the four
feet three inch hurdle with ease, but
only 1.-THE Rebel cleared the bar
when it was. raised to four feet 10
inches
~Rusty' Ruled Out.
There was some confusion in the
next event--the enlisted mems steeple
chase, as the winning horse "RuSty,'
ridden by private Skull, was disquaI-
flied because it was a privately owned
horse, instead of a government mount.
The silver cup and ribbon were there
fore given no Joe" ridden by private
Ham, company ], signal corps. Pete"
ridden by private Garrety. of troop
b, 10Th cavalry, won second money,
and third place went to Giant" rid
den by corporal Huydenrich, troop D,
18th cavalry. The steeplechase was
one mile and over q number - brush
hurdles It was very exciting. as the
finish was close
Other contestants in this event were
Duke ridden by corporal Schwartz,
I, signal corps, King rid
den by corporal Payne, troop D, 18th
cavalry; Mack" ridden BY sergeant
Temple. troop NJ, 18th cavalry. and
Mack; ridden by sergeant Baker,
troop II, 18th cavalry.
"Segueh7 a Cup. Winner.
"Seguch," the thoroughbred owned
and ridden by Capt J. NJ. Burroughs, I
Of the second cavalry, was the CUP win
ner IN Class &C. saddle horses open to
all The horses were judged by their
ga1ts, free open walk, trOt and easy
canter, quality and manners
First prize was a blue ribbon and
silver cup second and third prizes, rib
bons- The Rebel ridden by Lieut.
A D. Surles, 18th cavalry, won the red
ribbon for second, and third was given
to Tango Girl" ridden by Lieut.. /. P. !
Swift, second cavalry.
The other entries in this event were
Blue RIDGE exhibited by Can't. Dor
sey Cullen; Tango" exhibited by Ed
ward l. Tinker; Prince" exhibited by
Lieut. j. S Mooney, second cavalry;
Denmark" exhibited by Lieut. E "
Armstrong, 18th cavalry; MY Mary
Lieut. W H Neill, 18th cavalry; big
Boy" exhibited by Capt. R S. Fitch.
Second cavalry
Pony +Franeess a Winner.
In Class ID" child's pony, Frances
exhibited by Miss Clara Hawkins, won /
the blue ribbon and silver cup. Miss
hawkins was easily the favorite In this
class, and was given round after round /
Of applause as she put her mount |
through his different gaits-
Miss Hawkins made a very stun [
coat and boots, with a tricornered hat.
she rode with the ease of a soldier /
and easily Outdistanced every other /
entry In this class the performance /
and general appearance of the rider I
and horse were considered
White Nellie" exhibited by Long !
NeiIS transfer company, and ridden by I
Miss Helen Stewart, won second rib {
BON, and Blonde" ridden by Miss
Iosephine Morfit, third. Pigeon" ex- /
libited by Master Alben Stisk, won the /
blue ribbon for the boys.
"GunstOn" Takes Silver Cup.
"Gunston," the beautiful horse ex-
libited by Miss Hildegarde Sauer, won
he silver cup in Class z, women's sad /
lie horses. Miss Clara Hawkins was
slso popular rider in this class and (
very time she passed the grand stand
she received the heartiest applause.
rhe horse she rode in this event. S. G {
dcCurdy's Pat" was given second /
place There was no third place.
Miss Sauer wore a nobby riding coat
iult OF gray, checked cloth topped bv
black sailor hat and brown leather
boots
In this class Mrs Josephine Nations
dorftt made very effective picture
n her black riding suit and derby on
Dragomar." Charles n. Bassett's snow
White Arabian stallion
MissN Edna Robertson IN black
.orduroy suit Knox riding hat, and
black puttees- rode "Toy Boy
Miss Helen VIM, in gray riding coat /
md black sailor hat, exhibited ''TootsS
eeTamc~0 Girl