El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-17
CHEERS As
SOLDIERS COMPETE
IN THE FIELD SPORTS
Fine Feats of Horsemansnlp
Are Witnessed in Sat
urday's Gymkhana.

Daring feats Of horsemanship' artll-
lery and cavalry drills and eNclllns
races formed an afternoon Of enter
tainment that aroused great enthusl-
asm from the several hundred spec
Tors OF the army gymkhana SAT " ~
afternoon held at Washington paIA- n ~
tne Ilrst event troop A, OF lne 80
cavalry, gave two splendidly eAecuteu
exhibitions Of Workmanship. In the
monkey drill, u picked men ~
through bareback riding stunts OF ne
greatest difficulty and executed LIZ --l
with splendid ease and accuracy ne
riders were privates HanWlek' be .l
nam, Dassinger, Brown, / W. SIn 4ltn'
Laska Mccormick, Tyler, corr, otOhess
benson and Renyack The men were
directed by Lieut.. G. N. Russell
Inc entire troop, in fun equlpLlell.;
gave an exhibition drill that showed
the most splendid training. The horses
executed many difficult figures IN rlsnJ
and left passage. forming circles anu
IlSure elghts to music, one particularly
excellent feature being the evenly
gated turning OF the horses. The
troop swing and platoon swing about
the guldon were beautifully done EN-
cltement Of a mock battle was added
Wnen the troop charged, IN platoon
formation, the men firing their pistols
as they rode and stopping with almost
machine like accuracy, with the horses
touching noses with those of the Op-
posing platoons.
Another charge was made with sa-
DerSs IN troop formation, with the men
yelling at the top Of their lungs. Capt
LeRoy Eltinge, commander Of the troop,
directed the drill by whistle signals
most interested observer Of the
troops exhibition was Gen. ]. J. Per-
shing, who. in his captaincy, command
ed troop A, OF the 18th. This troop,
while the regiment was stationed at
Fort Myer, Va, was frequently called
upon to give fancy drills TO entertain
Washington.
Battery B Wins.
The battery contest between sections
Of batteries A, B and c, Of the 9Th field
horse artillery brought forth a storm
OF cheers. 1t was won by battery B.
As the battery reached the 100 yard
length, executed the left about and
came tearing back to the starting
point battery tore down the field.
Before c battery. reached the turn. bat
terry B. returning in double section for
nation, had reached the sLratfng point
Whirled, numbered its field piece,
got into action and a deafening boom
resounded in Just three minutes and 81
seconds from the start. Battery Cs
cannon answered its rival SIS seconds
later, while battery A tore down the
field and her field piece spoke in an
other moment Battery 3 was com
manded by Sergt- Beppo Boumenot.
Corp G. f ellison. its gunner: Corn.
Harry Metcalf caisson forward; pri-
Yates Davis, True. WetZel Cass and
Rudnick, drivers; private Myers. leader
OF the piece and privates G. l. ThOmp-
son, stow, Osborne StattlrOe and BOWes,
cannoneers.
Machine Gun Companies Compete.
The first section Of the 10th infantry
machine gun company won the machine
contest n mt H1 .
20 seconds time. Corporal Emerson
was in charge Of the section and the
men were prlvates DensmOre, NuGent
Mallon, Eyersole and Chrissenberrv
The competition was between the first
and second sections Of the 18th infan-
try, and the first and second sections
Of the 9Th infantry.
Daisy" wicked eyed mule, won
the mule steeplechase, ridden by Corp.
Gatney, Of troop, 18th cavalry The
race was ridden bareback over four
hurdles Private Smith, Of the 10th in
old
The rescue race was won by Serrt.
/ W smith and trumpeter Hanwick. Of
the 10Th cavalry, riding Dean" Cor
poral Emerson and private EversoIe. Of
the 10th infantry machine gun COM
pany, were second.
Private A OrsineIlL Of troop E. 18th
CdEaHys Won the Roman race, which
finished in sensational spin as the
horses left the track
Coleman Wins steepIechase.
Inc steeplechase over hurdles was
very pretuly run and was won bv Dri-
Vate William Coleman, 18th cavalry
Danoi SergL Mcleod. Of the 18th infan-
ny machine gun company second. and
third al -
Lieut.. W. NJ BaiIey's beautiful sorre1
horse, Dixie Star" ridden by her
owner, won the furlOng dash in Is s-IO
seconds My Nary" ridden by Lieut.
y. NJ RUSSELL 18th cavalry. second. and
Nlsser, ridden by Lieut.. ". h. Simp-
son, 9Th infantry third
Lieut.. E. L. Franklin. 18Th cavalry
won the watermelon race. with Lieut.
w d Simpson, 6th infantry. second.
third.
Lieut.. simpson Wins.
Lieut. ". H Simpson won the week
END race; Lieut.. Z. L. Franklin second.
and capt. NJ. l. Crimmins third
me egg and spoon race was won by
Mrs Josephine Nations Morfit.
MAJ John l. Hines was the starter Of
the races Capt. n l. Crfmmins was
the announcer, and the judges were
zen J. J. Pershing, Mai. J. L. Hines,
daJ. William F. Lewis. Capt J. y. Pick
srlng, Capt. Charles r. Lloyd, Capt. E. Z
D. Agnew Capt Robert W. Mearns. |
apt Thomas A Pearce. timekeeper. and
Lieut.. W W. Gordon and Mrs. Josepbine F,
Nations Morfit- The officers in charge
II the gymkhana were Capt N. l. Grim .
nins, Lieut.. W. II. Simpson and Lieut. /
4 /. P. Sands
During the afternoon the 18th infan- /
~ Dand played a concert