The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-18
COMIC BULLFlCHT ENJOYED BY KING
 EDWARD AT CAMP
American Engineers Hold
 Field Day At Their .f Training Camp.

American Engineers' Training Camp in. England, Sept. -(Correspondence of The Associated Press. )-A large deleration of the American Railway Engineers spent a day recently as guests of the British troops encamped 7 at Aldershot, where the King ana Queen with other members of the royal family were present at the larg- est program of field sports that has ever been held on Salisbury Plain.
 The Americans brought with them i A tug-of-war team which provided one of the features of the afternoon In contest with the cham pdonship team of the British En- R1neers, the result being finally de- claretn a draw.
 The big fete was arranged by the British garrison at Aldershot as a eel ebEation of the bringing in of its har- vest For months past men of all ran1rs and regiments in the garrison hayes.been practicing, dn addition to their military duties, the patriotism that seeks to defeat the enemy by providing the nations with home grown food. Turf that had never be- fore known the ploughshare was ploughed and sown, and men who nao never learned the first rudiments Of farrndnx toiled strenuously in their | snare hours under the, guidance of f their rnoxeJ slxilfafl comrades. The Ter suit erceededA all efforts. The Alder !, shot harvest was so beautiful thar :; men and officers simultaneously agreed that q great harvest festival was emil | nently the thing, and that nothing 1 would satisfy them short of the att !, tendance of the King and Queen
 The King, whos knows thing or | two about farming himself, accepted tfhe invitation, and committee of ar 1 rangements representing every unit in l the dfstrAct began work forthwith on 1 a4 suitable program. The center Of the ] days festivities was a huge tent with i tables laden with samples of the AL I dexshot harvest. There were fruits, ! vegstabRes, grain, ehr1Ibs, and roots Of ! various kinds. The Royal party mo- 1 tored down from Windsor, arriving early- in the afternoon am remaining
 for three hours.
 The arena in front of the harvest tent wag surrounded by a great cir
 c,1i&r grand Etand," composed of a
 doub3e dff1e Of ancient and modern transport wagons which afforded seats for the soldiers and their friends. For sixfsence the gate money all going to 1, local war charities the American vis- ttors found they could have their choice of number of desirable posi- t1ons, either in the drivers sets of big army IorTies, or on benches alongside friendly dpleGations of British Tom ! mics and non-c0mmiSx5i6ned officers.
 Ib was like a many-ringed circus. I whfze the field sports were in prog
 ress son the ground, there was a con- tdnnoQs performance of high-diving, < eomersauftdng, srapezing, and all vari- cities of acrobatics by g. squadron of nBritish afrpfane men up aloft. Relay
 naces and tugs-of-War were the most popular items on the program, but fhhere were many unusual and very spectacular types of field sports, such ncA a mounted wrestling competition, Yin which both horses and men took part. in an exciting struggle. the team
 from the Royal Engineers finally de-
 heating the Army Service Corps on
 pofnts.
 There was also a .fvfctoria Cross trace. Illustrating the methods by which mounted men rescue comrades fin the actual fighting of today. This was followed by minnie exhibitions o1
 bayouet nGht, and @ bl1ndfold drill iconpetfdon, in which blfndfoIded non- commissioned officers of various units ivied with each other in putting theiu
 biindfo1ded detachments through the
 complex movements of open field drill
 Meanwhile the women of the garri, ison had a baby show. in which Mrs }CorporaI Tootle's twin boys secured ian easy victory. The first prize meda. Twas handed to them by the Queen. Outside the circle of army wagons iwere the side-shows, including a comic
 bull fight which the King declared the Fbest thing of it's kind which he hat
 ever seem