Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-10-04

around to the dressing room and down
to the train to meet my Baraboo
friends. l met Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Nc
Donald, Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Rooney
Frank Samek, Mr.. and Mrs. Denny
Curtis, Arthur and Frank Potter,
Charley Ruel, Roy Messenger, Walter
Wilcox, John Slater and Ray Case. 1t,
certainly was treat to see them all
again, and it certainly did make me
homesick. Doubtless you will recall
that the last time ] saw Ringlings l
was living in Cleveland, o., and that
it made me so homesick that l left for
BarabOO two days later. Guess there's
no chance of my doing that this time,
though, as Uncle Sam seems to have
notion that l ought to stick around
the place here for a year or two yet
until all arguments are settled with
our ex-friend "Willum." Eddie Rooney
has been laid up in bed with bad
knee for the last few days, but eX-
poets to be cup and at 'em" again i'll
the near future. Three Of the men OF
the show left yesterday, having been
summoned by the draft. l took dinner
last evening with Mr.. Samek, whom |
knew quite we'll at the ElkS' club in
Baraboo. The show left the city about
1880 p. M, having been scheduled for
only one performance. They expect
to be in Waco, Tex, soon, where
number of the BarabOO boys are locat-
ed l am the only Baraboo represen,
tative here.
New Cavalry Equipment
The War Department is evidently
thinking of adopting a new style of
cavalry equipment. They have select
ed our troop and have equipped us
with this new outfit, including new
saddles and accessories, rifles and
sabres. Tomorrow morning we start
ont four hundred mile hike to De-
ming, N. M, and back, to test the new
equipment. We will be gone about
Is days. Will write you the details
when we return. l expect to see
number of my Minneapolis and Duluth
friends, as the Minnesota militia is
| there. 1t will doubtless be great
! experience for me- It has been rain
ing here every day for the past week
so doubtless our spirits and other
things will be dampened a number
of times while on the hike. We will
sleep on the ground under small
pup" tents, which afford very little
protection, l understand, from the
wind and rain Some of the taller
troopers will be obliged to sleep with
their feet and legs exposed to the
elements, as the tents are quite small.
+ Horse Lands on His Nose
We have been making preliminary
hikes of Is and 20 miles each morn
ing the past week to become accus-
toned to the new equipment and to
soften the leather as much as posi-
BILE before we start on our long jour
ney. | had quite thrilling expert
ence the other morning. We were
galloping along a rock road in the
mountains at full speed. My horse
stumbled, landed on his nose and
turned a complete sOmersault, rolled
over me a couple times, and then
jumped up and began to look me over
to see if l was still in the land of
the living. About thirty of the other
troopers were riding in back OF us,
but they managed to either jump over
us or turn aside so they didn't tram
pie us a bit. My horse received a
small cut over his right eye, but,
strange to say, | wasn't even
scratched. l certainly was fortunate,
as one of our troopers was killed by
a similar fall about two months ago.
Such things don't happen to fellow
once in a year, as rule, so don't
worry about me. It's merely one OF
the many things that go to make life
interesting in the army, the cavalry,
especially.
| The Weather Cool
| The weather has been quite cold OF
late. Today the supply sergeant is