The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-10-27

''IIaye you seen the old cray
Mare7"
No that il not the pass word OF
the X K X or the Wandering VIII
lies Of Osweego, or any other secret
auerv that will gain your admission
20 some cellar har-r0om. II was
ouesiion Of vital interest before the
recent American Legion Convention
at New Orleans
When General Pershing stepped
from his special car during the re-
cent convention AZ New Orleans WIN
his staff Of ram-rod backed officers
the fret words addressed % MN
we're not Of welcome 20 the city or
the convention OF anything Ike that
They were simple question:
auestion that had been simple but
had. thru usnage. become one ~ the
big questions Of the day. The qnes.
ton was Have you seen the Old
Gray Mare3'
The General had not Bot this
one short coming on the part OF
BLACK Jack pershing was soon
remedied for just about that time
Red Kuykendall rode up on the said,
.Ii,,etrious and now douhly world
auadrupled. The Old Gray Mare,
and after whipping salute 60 the
hem Of his "40-s ChaYenux cooked
rakishiy across one ear oueren
"The Gen" the only deoepdanie
transportation in New Orleans al
any time day or night that The Cen
erni would have need ~ it-fnr u
is a fact of history that Inc Old
grny Mare was the only living
thing in the world that could navi-
.,ate al win over New Orleans dur
ing the convention.
But chron0logically dissertating
II We may go back 10 the beg ming
Brownwood has a band In fact
that should be written, Brownwood
has a band and the a should stand
out there Ike n Jews nose very
prominent. The Brownwood band
has one piece of music perhaps not
a classic and one that Old Sousa
would hardly care 10 claim a. MS
own composition. but i b. piece
of music the title of which s The
Old GRAY Mare You know the
tune and the rhyme about the "Old
Gray Mare came a tearing out Of
the Wilderness, many years ago
many years ago. etc, etc. lou
know T. II you don't you were
not IN Plainview, in BrOwnwood, 20
New Orleans. Fort Worth, In Tact
you are almost just plain ignorant.
Then. too, Allen Brothers Post of
Lubbock has a Red kuykendali, ana
since a month or 50 ago the "tv-a
and you vii hear more q them
later, adopted the same Red kuv-
kendall as chef De Phnm Dool sh-
ness and II you know Red you
know how carably he can fi.l such
a position. In fact Red is Irish. He
j. SO Irish In fact that L shines out
through his face. behind his ears,
IN his grin--in fact Red would never
be taken for a Jew or a white man.
lie is all Irish. with the Irish re
gard for authority. the Irish love Of
variety and the Irish habit Of start
ing something.
Red went 10 New Orleans. Brown
woods band went to New Orleans.
They went together Brownwooo' :
Band PLAYED "The Old Gray Mare"
Red rode her The combination
vas irresistible. So blooming ir-
resistable that they took New Or
leans by storm. A little one column
cut with six inches Of reading mat
ter announced the arrival Of Cen
cral Pershsng. A four column pic-
tnzs and five galleys Of type an
no2nced tho arrival Of Red huyken-
dali and his Old Gray Mare.
The newspapers reported Perish
ing's address The newspapers, the
moving picture cameras and special
staff correspondents reported every
move Red and his Mare made from
early morning until the next early
morning for there was no nigat IN
New Orleans. last week. Just a
few Of the things that they had TO
report See II you think Pershing
had chance against such competi-
ton as this.l
First thing OF the bat the Texas
delegation, five train loads Of them,
assisted by CALIFORNIA; 500, pulled
a parade Just to let folks know they
were Ia town. The Old Gray Mare
led-assisted by the Brownwood
hand. The De Sofa Hotel was as
signed to the Texas delegation. The
Old GRAY Mare. with Red sitting on
the fore-castle like a weather dog
Of % years standing went right On
into the hotel, up 10 the desk and
was assigned Room AIS. Thus began
her five days life such has never
been lived hy any Other horse In the
worlds history, the Trojan Horse u
old not excepted.
Into every hotel In New Orleans
he nrownWood Rand and the Old
Gray Mare went telling the world
that texas vaa Ia tlvn and that
"Ihe Old Gray Mare Came Tear,
inr out ~ tho Wilderness Many,
Many iean Aga' She registered ~
every dosk. Inspected every dining
ra0m and when a came time %
oai aho had a plale placed iul her
IA lIl rounilI "a the finest cate IA
aII ii New Orleans lhIee white.
sIfonsd nlgraes i1d bar doughnuis,
l.llale. laIn|p greens and such