San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
MULE MANNERS
WILL BE SEE
IN POST SHOW
Pola Negro and Pauline
Frederick Will Compete
in Saddle Event.
PUBLIC IS INVITED
Show Tuesday Will Settle
Mule Championship
Of Army.
PUBLIC IS INVITED

Oh tne equine species tuesday when the
Fourth Field Artillery, Fort Sam
Houston, will hold its first annual
mule show in the stadium of the can.
tenment garrison. All due prcpara-
ton for the inaugm alton of the an
nual event by the artillery regiment
has been made. The program for the
show has been printed in pamphlet
form on heavy paper, the front cover
bearing the quotation from Shakes
peare, The More | See Of Mules, the
Less l Think of Men"
The mule show will begin at 80
o'clock Tuesday afternoon and the
public as well as army people are
cordially invited TO attend. Accord
ing to the original schedule, the event
was to have happened Saturday after
noon, but due TO the inclement weather
it was postponed until Tuesday.
The names of the mules to compete
in the various events have been listed
on the program. Although mules may
be without pride of ancestry or hope
of posterity, the names they bear.
judging from the names of those in the
Fourth Field Artillery. should be suf-
ficient to compensate for the lack of a
past or future. Among those who will
compete in the saddle mule event are
Pola Negri. Charles Chaplin. Theda
Bara, Mary Pickford, Doug" Fair
banks, Valentino. Pancho Villa, Wally
Reid, Norma Talmadge, Bill Rogers
and Pauline Frederick.
Jelly Bean and Flapper.
. Competitors in other events
have names none the less famous.
Mules to compete in the pack mule
contest are 1876. George Washington.
Bunker Hill, Liberty Bell. Irel Tut
nam, Lexington, Alex Hamilton, Valley
Forge, Nath Greene ana Stonewall.
The burros that are to compete bear
names of wide variation, so far as
aristocracy is concerned Man of War,
Little Flapper and Jelly Bean will
compete in the burrO event.
Among other significant mules, so
far as their names are concerned. are
Lightning, Bootlcggcr, Moonshine.
Mountain Dew. Chief of Staff, Red
Tape. General Police, Action Rear and
X. L.
A host of judges, officials and COM
mittecmen have been appointed to see
that the show is conducted with all the
pOmp and dignity that clarLcterizes
horse shows. Six trophy cups will be
given, the same being offered by Ed
Friedrich Company, Alamo Foods Com
pany, I. Mealor Company. Pruitt
Commission Company. Jack W. Neal
Motor Company, and Ben Miller.
The judges appointed are: Liuet.
Col. Daniel Van Voorhis. cavalry {:
Lieut.. Col. c. II. Mayo, cavalry ;
Lieut., Col. w. V. Norris, inspector
generals department; Maj. Philip
Thurbcr, field artillery; Maj. A.
Mitchell. veterinary corps: First
Lieut.. G. c. Benson. fled artillery:
First Lieut. +. +. Long. veterinary
coprs, and NJ. VI. Gardner chief-packer
of the army mule. Officers who will
officiqte at the mule show are: Lieut..
Col. Ebcn Swift Jr., general manager:
Capt. G. r. Hayman. ringmaster {;
Second Lieut.. r. o. Smith. assistant
ringmastPr; Staff Sgt. Rawlinson,
clerk of course, and First Sgt Steve
Iazada. announcer. Each OF these of
ficcrs belong TO the Fourth i ield Ar
tillcry. Colonel Swift being the com
mander of the regiment. 4 committee
of ten officers of the Fourth Field
Artillery is making all preliminary ar
rangements for Tuesdays event. The
officers on this committee are Capt.
w. Hitzfeldt, Capt. J. 4. Wallace.
Capt. g. r. Hayman, Cant. II. =.
Berry. First Lieut.. VI. NJ Pharr. Sec
ond L;cutS. J. V. Phelps. G. DpGraaf.
Il. q. Smith, r. c. Singer and Z. Z.
Elliott.
Manners Will Count.
Ten events will comprise the pro-
gram for the mule show. The first
event will be n grand parade around
the stadium by all entrants into the
various contests, headed by the Fourth
Field Artillery band. The second
event viii be the saddle mule. showing
the eleven different contestants and
their riders at walk. trot and gal
Top. In this event conformation is TO
count 30 per cent, gait, % per cent.
and manners p per cent. As much
value is being attached to the man.
ncrs of the mule as to his gait.
The third event will be contest for
the best turned out section. Three
batteries Of the regiment. d, +. and
+, will be the contestants in this
event in which equipment is to count
20 per cent, appearance of animals,
% per cent and uniform. % per cent
The fourth event will determine the
best pack mule. Ten contestants have
entered this event. and the same man.
ner of grading will be useG as for the
second event.
Mules will be equipped for field ser.
vice in the fifth event. which is to
determine the best maintenance sec
ton. Batteries ID. +, and +. Head
quarters and Service Batteries and
Combat Train have entered this event.
In this event, equipment will count
30 per cent, appearance of animals.
p per cent, and again, manners %
per cent.
Children five Event.
TIE sixth event is for children under
thirteen years OF age. male or burrO
to be shown at walk, stop and 60
ahead.
The seventh event is cr:tain TO be
one of the feature attractions of the
| day. as this event will consist solely
Of III slow mule race. Stake driving
will be the contest in the eighth event
in which there will be competition BY
/ 'our-mulc teams and escort wagons
| equipped for field service. There are