El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-19

me United States troops in the after
-ogu- 1nese were in charge OF Capt
L-Sstsoy Elunge. commander of troop A,
r. lLt ,,nth cavalry. Troops D and C.,
~ lhelr way to border patrol duty,
stopped over and participated in part
VI the military festivities.
Troops Give Fine show.
me fancy drilling by Capt Eltinge's
IOOp was the feature Of the day Some
very Ilne work was done by both men
alld horses, all Of the movements d.
AecteQ Dy whistle. The various fig
ures formed by the troopers, the Roman
racing, the hurdlinE. the saber drill,
the charges; all these and other ma
neuFers delighted the spectators and
proved an entertainment that was
worth making the trip TO see. Baseball
by teams from FL Paso was another
feature that occupied part OF the after
noon Races, n tug OF war and a baby
carriage parade were other features.
Inc tug of war was programmed as
being between the farmers and the az
riculturists. Mayor Kelly, of FL Paso;
county judge elect Adrian Pool. and
others made up the team of farmers"
while George r. LeBaron, W. n Piatt,
T. G. Searle and several others admit
ted that they were the only agricultur-
lists and pulled against them The
Kelly-Pool combination won, however.
ImpromPtu Auction Held.
Prizes were offered for the best
packed crates Of cantaloupes on exhl-
biton and first prize was won by H.
j. Gray His melons were later sold
at auction by county clerk Park W.
Pitman- The first crate was knocked
down TO Robert krakauer; the second
to mayor Kelly, who likewise bought
the third The fourth went TO R. o.
Thomson, the fifth to Ted Piatt. the
sixth TO F. L Pitman and the last one
TO the auctiOneer himself. who paid the
--rafH. III 49,
krakauer in their bidding Mayor
Kelly shipped his two crates to Col r
H. Johnston and Baldwin Rice, Of Hous-
ton I know they grow cantalOupes
down at Houston" said the mayor, but
I want them to eat some real canta-
loupes-"
The Prizes.
The various prizes were awarded as
follows:
BABY carriage parade-Mrs. J. W.
Russell. Grand View; second, Mrs C.
D. Humble. Clint.
Race. $50 yards for ponies-Gordon
Boyd. first; J. r Bates, second
Race for horses (thoroughbreds
barred1 Cathey, first. Ru-
dolph Lips, second
Celum. second.
CantaIoupe race-Sergt Smith. troop
A. Fifteenth cavalry, first: trumpeter
Hanwick. troop a, second; Sergt- MOI
fit, troop D, third.
Roman race-Sergt. Smith. troop A,
first private Lipps, troop D. second;
trumpeter Hanwick. troop A, third
Jumping on horses-Private Foy,
troop a. first; private Chludzinsky,
second. private Benham, third
Running at rings, on horsebac exist
Sergt Manley. troop A. first; private
Wolfe, troop A, second; Corp. Esan,
troop A. third
The Committees.
The entire celebration was held I'M
der the auspices OF the FL PasO Cham
Der Of Commerce. with the people and
cantaloupe growers Of Clint cooperat-
ing George r. LeBarOn was chair
man Of the chamber Of commerce COM
mittee and II. J. Gray was chairman OF
the committee from Clint The mem
bers Of the chamber Of commerce com
mittee who prepared the program and
devoted their efforts 10 making II a
success were: A. W Reeves, John NJ
Wyatt. r 3. Orndorff, ". 5 Crombie,
c. A Martin. ". n Piatt. R. A Whit
lock and J.. L Mari sam G. Cat
lin was in charge Of the horse racing