The Washington herald., 1915-07-06

Fifteen thousand persons, who had
gathered at the Sixteenth street reservoir
yesterday afteroon at the independence
Day horse show. suddenly stopped cheer
ing as Private John E. Carlson. of Troop
| X, Fifth Cavalry. was dashed against q
flag post and buried beneath his horse in
fiat race.
In an unconscious condition he was
rushed to the Walter Reed Hospital
where it was said he will recover. He is
suffering from a severe blow on the head
but no limbs were broken. Carlson had
been out of the hospital only one week
from a similar injury. The only other
accident that marred the performance
| was the fall Of Louis c. Wilson from
Marianne. an unusually stubborn mule,
on which he was to have represented the
Board of Trade. He was thrown In prac-
| tice, sustaining cuts about the face, but
no serious injuries.
Approximately 5000 OF Washington
young women who are at the blushing
age were searching for Commissioner
Oliver p. Newman last night. They are
not concerned with whether he is eligible
for the position he holds. They have an
other grievance. The fact that Mr.. New
man would present the prettiest girl at
the show with bouquet Of roses was
advertised widely and the girls fiocked
to the grounds in handsome gowns and
winning smiles.
Girl of Five Awarded Bouquet.
Throughout the program each held her
breath, wondering il the Commissioner
would choose her. The crowd grew 81
lent as the Commissioner stalked into
the center OF the field, holding the hand
Of Miss Alva Louise Ridgeway, the o.
va oil
George Ridgeway. From all sides
naughty feminine eyes glared at him and
vainly endeavored to look unconcerned.
The mystery of the day was the
sightseeing trip of John Martin,
newspaper man. through Rock Creek
Park on mule. Martin started in
the much talked-of mule race, with
Charles Columbus, of the Retail Mer-
chants Association. his only rival.
Tom" Grants mule, "Ermyntrude."
was barred from the race because
jockey in to take his place.
At the signal Martin dashed of
leaving his rival yards behind Sud-
denly, at the end of the course, Mar
tins mule stopped, hesitated a mo-
ment then darted from sight into
the woods. Columbus hobbled slowly
but surely around the course and had
received the loving cup before Martin
again was seen coming from the
woods. Disgruntled and sore. he ex-
planned that his mule must have been
raised in the woods, and could not
resist the tall, stately trees of Rock
Creek Park.
WRESTLING on Horseback.
An exciting event of the day was
wrestling match on horseback be-
tween cavalrymen from Fort Myer.
Eight of the ten entrants were
thrown from their saddles, thereby
being eliminated. and then a real
battle began between Privates Moy
and Feddon. For ten minutes they
grappled, each with one hand, to
throw the other from his mount. Their
shirts were torn into ribbons and the
crowd cheered. Moy. the lighter of
the two. finally threw Feddon head
long to the ground. winning the
match.
Private Moy. Troop K. Fifth Caval-
ry. narrowly escaped being crushed
by the hoofs of his mount, when he
kicked over a hurdle in the first
event. As he struck the ground he in
stinctively somersaulted in time to
avoid being crushed beneath his horse
The event was won by. Privates Ever