The Dickinson press., 1916-09-09

WlChOuC roads,, between camp and
Progresso. The wildness of the terri
tory added interest and they were
able to give much information regard
ing a territory of which little was
known.
Blanket rolls were added to the
equipment to be carried by the men
on their morning hikes. Monday was
the first day for this added load. It
was somewhat warmer and this
proved to be more fatiguing than the
extra load. The hike Tuesday was in
deed a difficult one as the boys had
mud nearly the entire four miles,
which was made in a trihe over the
hour.
On Monday afternoon the shooting
at a small target at so foot range
commenced. The regiment shoot the
course at slow fire on Monday and
Tuesday and at rapid fire Thursday.
Wednesday was a holiday for the
soldiers in this district, it being the
day of our second field meet. We had
great amount of excitement in the
morning at the meet of the 3rd
Cavalry, the troups A, C and H COM
peting. It was very interesting, es-
pecially the events in which the
horses were used. There were several
straight away horse races which were
good. The tug of war, and the
wrestling were very exciting, as we're
| the saddle race and the rescue race
In the tug of war there are seven
mounted men on each side. In this
event a we'll trained horse and a man
who knows how to S it is of great
Importance. Troop C won both these
events. This troop had their horses
standing at right angles to the p
which passed through the riders
hands wei the horses back. The
other troop had their horses along
side of the rope and moved their
horses ahead. The wrestling was
even more exciting, and men that
were strong and good riders were the
ones chosen. There are five mounted
men on a team. The object is to
team from his horse to the ground
Pulling of clothes and hair was not
allowed. This grows more exciting as
the time goes on. Five minutes is
| given and the team having the most
mounted men wins unless all from
one team have been wrestled to the
ground before. Some clever work
was shown and several men showed
marked ability in recovering their
mount when they were all but touch
ing the ground.
The saddle race showed mainly the
skill in a troop being BILE to saddle
rapidly. Each contestant would leave
his saddle and blanket at one end of
the course and ride to the other end
bareback. At the starters signal
each would race for his saddle, stood
land saddle and race back to his
starting point. The rescue race was
also a hair raiser. In this race a
rider races his horse to one . end of
the course and throws his horse. His
partner then races to him and gets
him on behind and back to the start
ing point.
Troop A secured the largest nun
Der of points and will hold the large
silver cup until the next meet, Sep
TENDER 10Th. The winner of the next
meet will hold it until the October
meet, which will be the final. The
troop having made the largest num-
Der of points at the three meets will
win the cup: Much interest is shown
by the cavalrymen.
Our regimental meet took place in
the afternoon, resulting, I believe, as
it did at the previous meet. Corporal
Paul Erb and Private Quinton Rob-
erts were the representatives of Co.
K, Private Frank Richards being laid
up with a sprained ankle. The base
ball game Of the afternoon was easily
won by the louisiana boys, although
Private Morris Wasem did his part.
The laundry bags received some
time ago have proven a JOY to all the
boys. There were enough to go
round and some to spare. All bags
were put to use at once and have
seen active service ever since. All
feel indeed grateful to Roy Butler and
to the ladies who finished the bags.
We are certainly fortunate and do ap-
preciate what is being done for is by
those at home. The fund which is
coming in regular gives US much that
we would not have otherwise. Cap
tain Barker and @. M. Sergt. Bert
Waddell are wisely handling the
money and making the purchases.
We have butter, milk, eggs, lemons,
oranges, ETC., regularly. These and
many other things that we have do