Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-09
ENDURANCE TEST
!: !. TO Be RUN THIS WEEK
Event Will Determine Type
of Horse Best Adapted
for Cavalry.
ENTRY LIST SHOWS INCREASE
Seventeen ThorouEhbrcds VIII Make
Stnrt From Camp Vail. y. Unjust
& Travel 700 Miles In Five Days.
Z Trophy to Winner. Handsome Cup.
ISnccial to Thc Tlmcs-nisnntch1

ancc test from Camp Alfred Vail. in
New Jersey, to Washington, u. &.
which will begin on October 10 and
conclude on the l4th. should do more
than its predecessors to establish the I
type of horse best adapted for cavalry !
uses, as twill have larger and |
more representative field than in any |
previous year.
II will be tho first serious cNor; on |
the part Of those who owe allegiance /
to the thoroughbred 10 establish the /
claims OF that type. No clcau-brcd /
entries were made in the first com.
petition, which W. X. Brown. the |
Arab horse enthusiast Of Berlin. y. /
IL. confined TO his own stock. Suc:, /
tests arc not new. many having been /
held in Continental countries. notably |
from Dicppc TO Paris and Moscow to |
Petrocrad. The general public was !
invited to enter horses in the ride II !
1919, hu; the affair did not receive |
the patronage it's sponsors expected. |
the candidates being in the main !
purc-bred Arabs or grades OF the
same type. with the addition OF Il |
couple of MorEans.
Last year tho American Rcmount |
Association Joined the original pro- |
motors OF the test which was held !
over tho goo miles. between Fort Et- |
han Allen, VI, and Camp pcvcns |
Mass, and tho complexion of the con-
''''N VIZ i.Nfl i'ill. tnINEFi. mere Z
were number OF Thoroughbred and /
ralf-hrcd nominations. The outcome
served To show the fallacy OF put |
ting anything but sound. wcll-sca-
soncd and cNpcrtly trained horses in |,
such contest. There were twenty /
seven candidates, and rider and .
EQUIPMENT weighed 90 pounds in
stead OF 200 pounds as in 1915? The /,
half.hrcd marc. Mile. Denise. by Arch /,
! Oldham. owned and ridden by Major /
Stanley NJ. Koch who is chairman Of .
the sports and competition commit 7
tee Of the American Rcmount Assoc .
citation. won, with Rustcn hey. an |
Brnkic. halfhrcd. by Rowling 1
Green, third. The distance was cav
cred in forty-siX hours and fifty ,
seven minutes as against htty-ou"
hours ana twcniy-siS minutes in 1919. /
Must Ride SIXTY Miles Each Day.
The conditions governing the ride .
call for siNty miles per day for five .
consecutive days. the distance TO he
mad" in not less than nine hours. .
nor more than twelve. Each rider .
must care for his own horse. Horses .
are I" be examined three times daily .
for pulsc. respiration. temperature. 4
lameness or fatigue. Any unfit horse
to be disqualified by the judges III |
nal awards to he made on Il basis |
of GO per cent Cor condition Judged /
daily, at the conclusion OF the ride.
and 30 per cent for speed. The Judges
are to he Major Henry Leonard. Gel |
orado Spring, Col: Harry McNair.
Chicaro. III. and Garner West, Car
ncrsy!llc. y. y.
In order to give greater number |
Of persons chance TO see the COM
leti.on, IL was determined to hold !
this years tcst in a more populous
region than heretofore. The route
established will embrace New Jersey,
PENNSYLVANIA, Delaware. Maryland [
ana District Of Columbia The start
VIII be from Camp Alfred Vail. near
Red Bank. Monday morning. The
stop FOR the first night will he at the
Trenton Fair Grounds. The second
night will be spent at the Fair
Grounds Al Chester Pa. and arrange
mcntS have been made to pass the
third night at the race track near
1lavrc de Grace. The fourth stop
overnight will he at the PimliCo race
track on the outskirts OF Baltimore
with the finish on October II at the
Washington Monument in tho capital
AS the route Will pass by the homes
Of the White Marsh, Radnor and Rose
Tree Hunts. IL is expected that the
members OF these organizations will
hc out in force TO greet the sturdy
horses and their gallant riders.
There Will be seventeen starters,
and OF this number eight are thor
oughhreds, two saddle bred, one Nor
gan and the balance .ipurebrcd or
grade Arab!ans The -thQyouG'hbrcds
have been receiving their final train
ing At Camp Vail. Prior 10 that they
were AZ Alexandria, Va. where they
were put in hard flesh by Major
stanley ". Koch and Lieutenant
Thomas II. McCr"cry. Major Koch in
a letter to a friend in This city on
Wednesday last had the following TO
say about The test and the prepara
tory work of the horses in his
charge:
IT'S hard 20 pick the hest ones.
Any Of those starting may show mp
well. naturally. / thing Weldship
one Of the best or ! would not have
chosen him for a mount. Pathfinder
is one OF the surcsi Of the lot, with
Cosmic, Vagrant and Oriei close be-
hind.
we have been here since Septem-
her 10th From then up TO last Fri
day we sen, the horses twenty miles
one day at about q Sin and one-half-
mile gait, and the next day about
eighteen miles at Il four-mle gait.
Since last Friday we have covered
thirty miles a day Mt a seven mile
gait Up 10 today. when went
thirty seven miles at The same gait.
Tomorrow ". Will go about fftccn
miles and on Thursday from thirty !
to thiriy-nvc, dcpcndiu: upon the
temperature, with only about ten
miles . dag on Friday, Saturday and |
sunday. We have been carrying fulI |
weight. % pounds. all tho time. but |
commencing tomorrow We take of /
about th!rty pounds
Major Koch Confident.
The horses are dong hnc and !
most OF them gained from ten 20
twenty pounds last week. We weigh !
them every sunday. The grain ra-
tion has been increased TO nearly !
thirty-fve pounds a day for some OF
the bigger horses. EaCh horse is
grazed FOR nearly an hour 4 day 10
onset the effects Q! the heavy grain
feeding We may not win. but We
are surely goins 20 have some horses
in Washington on the ii;h in good
shape"
The following are the thorough
brcds and their riders unlcss some
changes are made at the eleventh
hour:
Vagrant. six years by Alan-a-Dale-