St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-10-13
TWO HORSES
WITHDRAWN IN
ENDURANCE TEST
Anvil Watts and Sargon
Taken from List While
at St. JOhnsbury

Two more Of the 27 original start
cr% were missing at the getaway to-
day on the third leg OF the "00-milc
endurance test for cavalry horses
from Fort Ethan Allen, VT, TO Camp
! Devens, Mass. Avil Watts was dis
qualified for not covering the ride
from Nolthficld to this place within
the II hour limit yesterday, and Sar-
gon, an Arabian, OF the ". Il. Brown
| string OF entries, was withdlawn
this morning owing to slight lame
ness. Sargon is only five years old
and is entered tor the national horse
show at Madison Square gardens
this winter and will be kept in
training for the endurance test next
year. Avil Watts was minutes over
the maximum elapsed time last
night.
There was a large crowd at the
Caledonia county fair grounds last
night to welcome the horse and rid
ers on their arrival from Northfeld.
The first two riders off were
Bunkie, ridden by Major McCreerv
and Mile. Denise with Major Kock
a. rider. These two entries from the
| U. S. Remount station were in fine
condition. They were checked out at
500 Il. m. Following them was A
W. Harris, the Chicago banker, rid
ing his entry, kemah Prince, W. II.
Drown Crabbett came next at 5.35
and was followed by Rustem Bey, an
| NJ h., A L.. 4
horse checked out was Rufkin. an
Arabian, ridden by Major J. L. Plass-
never at COG.
Owing to the fact that manv of
thc horses were coming in after dark
it was decided by the judges to start
today's sendoff at $50 a. M. But
most of the riders were up before
I a. H., an Manager Moore of the
st. Johnsbury house was serving
breakfast at 4.30 to most of the rid
crs. This service enabled the riders
TO get their mounts fed and to make
the start shortly after 5 a. m.
The first horses to arrive in Brad
ford today were Bunkie and Mile.
n"nse. the U. S. government animals,
which have been the pilots of the race e
thus far. These horses come in at 10
a. nf:,- ami checked out a RaIf hour
later. Captain Hard was ruled out of
the race upon its arrival at Bradford
today on account of lamencss. All of
the y horses to arrive here checked
out within a half hour of their arriv-
al. The last to go was at 1.3O.
In regard to the action of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals of New Hampshire and
Massachusetts threatenir to inter-
fere with the horses if thew are found
not to be in good condition one of
the officials said today: "I will mike
a prediction that they won't bother
the U S. Army entries and riders
much. You must remember that the
Y. 5. entries are ordered by the u.
5. Army and number of the riders
are United States army officers. We
are still at war with Germany. / guess
the U. S. Army is as big if not big
ger than any officers of the long name
an dthey will find it out if they at
tempt to bother any of the army
horses or riders.
Il suppose if they want to make it
mean for some of the private entries
they can hold up the horses and have
them examined. The test is under the
direction of trained veterinarians and
no horse is allowed to suffer in the
least. You will note by the withdl aw-
al of Sargon,which was willing and
ready to proceed, that the owners are
taking no chances of injur.ng their
horses in any way or of causing them
any suffering.