The chronicle=news., 1914-11-16
TROOPERS INJURED, HORSE
KILLED IN THRILLING RACE
At MILITARY MEET
Heth's Flying Feature Saturday. 7hrongs
Witness Spectacular Show at Fair Grounds.
Aviator Stunts Called OFF Yesterday Owing
to Weather Conditions Motorcycle Races
Big Drawing Card

During the most sensational guild
on relay race ever witnessed on the
local race track in which the troop
whose starting horse was killed out
| right at the quarter pole, Corporal
Hiles of Troop B 11th u. S. cavalry,
| right at the quarter pole Corporal
Nichols of the machine gun platoon.
| suffered broken arm, while Cor
poral Mccall of the winning Troop
c. miraculously escaped death by be-
ing hurled several feet off the track
and landing safely.
The military maneuvers by Troops
A. B, c and ID, OF the nth U. S. cav
airy. were the feature of yesterdays
sport carnival staged by the Berger
Aviation company. The climax of
two days of successful field events
and Saturdays superb flying by Av
iator Eugene Heth in Wright
Brothers passenger carrying aero
plane was reached yesterday after
noon in the relay guidon race in
which four troops of Uncle Sans
cavalrymen participated although
two troopers were injured. one horse
was killed and another horse slight
ly injured and bruised. After a
spectacular start with the nose of
every horse even with the wire the
racers were rounding the quarter
post, each rider carrying his troops
flag and pushing his horse for every
inch when Corporal Hiles OF Troop
B lost control OF his horse and ran
into Corporal Mccall of Troop c, who
was waiting to receive the flag. Nc
Call was thrown clear of the track
and averted injury but his horse
was killed instantly as the result of
broken neck. Corporal Nichols OF
the machine gun platoon, who was
then riding third in the race. saw
the accident ahead of him and rushed
up to the rescue but instead he was
thrown from his horse and received
broken arm. In the general miXup
which then followed Corporal HiIes,
whose horse had run headlong into
Corporal McCall's horse. sustained n
broken leg and one Of the horses
was cut and bruised about the ankle.
That the accident did not result in
death or serious injury to one or
more of the racers was due to the
cool headwork displayed by the SOL
diers when the first horse was
knocked down. In seconds time
the race was again in progress and
Troop c, whose horse was killed un-
der Corporal Mccall at the quarter
pole, won the race in record time
with a marvellous finish.
Tho rest of the program OF mill
tary sports, shooting exhibition by
Frank Miller. and the dare devil
motorcycle races were run off with
out hitch or halt of any kind and
the only disappointment OF the after
noon was the fact that the wind was
blowing in Il steady gale during the
whole show and with the danger of
air holes. and sharp choppy currents
which nearly always prevail during
u windstorm. Aviator Heth was not
permitted to make a flight in his ma
chine. Although with his usual
calmness he asserted that he was
perfectly willing to make a trial but
the management concluded that it
was too great Il risk in this high alti-
tude. Several hundred people OF
foot, in buggies and even in automo-
biles who lined the fences surround
ing the fair grounds and occu Died
every available position on the near
by hills were just as greatly disap-
pointed as were those who were in
side.
The maneuvers and exhibit IONS by
the troops of cavalry furnished a
spectacle which was both new and
novel to the people OF Trinidad and
the surrounding country. The men
were perfectly trained and drilled
and their horsemanship and form in
each of the events were not to be
surpassed. Preceding the main
events troop drill was given by
the machine gun platoon which
showed the efficiency Of the United
States army in the field. IN the res
cue race the cavalrymen dashed out
wounded companions were on foot
and no hesitation whatever the
men OH foot with their guns were
instantly picked up and retreated
with n gallop to safety with two
men on each horse. The daring
jumps over the hurdles in which
form, horsemanship skill. and the
l manner of getting over the hurdles
counted was even more interest ing