San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-08

more thrilling and attractive than
those of the first day, as practically
all of them showed the contestants
in acts OF running or jumping.
SO enthusiastic were the various
regiments i'll support of their entries
Wednesday afternoon, that the Occa-
sion took the appearance Of a col
lege athletic contest. The four bands
were exceedingly active in cheering
the men from their respective regi-
ments, while the trumpeters from the
Fifteenth Field Artillery consoled the
losers. except those from that regi-
ment, by playing taps for them as
they passed from the arena.
Pair Jumping Fast.
The hardest contested event Of the
evening was the mixed pair jumping
class. There was seventeen pairs TO
compete in this class, and before final
decisions could be made by the judges,
runoff contests were necessary. Miss
Betty Morris on Gray Eagle and Lieut..
Col. w. V. Morris on Billy emerged
first in this strongly contested event.
while Lieut.. Edward j. Williams and
Mrs. H. 5. Clarkson on King John
and Getty were second Lieut.. y. F.
anu MIS-. ~ L pdluIOlAi
on Peanuts and FREELY took third
place.
This class was again made the
spectacular one Of the show by the
second pair of entries, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Eben Swift Jr. When the pair
first entered the arena spectators
along the sides could not determine
the type of mounts, but before the
first hurdle was reached it was seen
that both riders were on mules. ST.
multaneously thunder of shouts
went up from all sides of the stadium.
and was accompanied by the blare of
horns and beating of drums from the
four bands.
The mule riders made a much bet
ter showing than many of the other
contestants. The two mules. spurred
on by the free use of quirts. cleared
every hurdle, and only on the third
jump did Mrs. Swift's mount Craze
the top bar. This counted against
them, however. Colonel and Mrs.
Skift were mounted on Pete and Re-
peat. respectively. Colonel Swift is
commander of the Fourth Field Ar
tillery, the mule regiment" of the
army.
Following are the results of the
other classes of the second day
Officers best turned out mount, 23
entries: Lieut.. A. X. Robinson. on
Chief, First Infantry. first; Lieut..
William 5. Wood. on Runt. Twelfth
Field Artillery, second Capt. Eugene
V. Benham on Coronado. headquarters
Military Police Company, third.
Jimmie" Valentine Wins,
Officers jumping. 80 entries: Lieut..
Guy c. Benson, on Comanche, Twelfth
Field Artillery. first; Lieut.. Edward
l. Williams. on King John. Twelfth
Field Artillery. second; Lieut.. Robert
Taylor, on Jimmy Treat, Twelfth
Field Artillery, third.
Enlisted mems jumping. IS entries:
Sgt. w. A. Caudell. on Kid, Twentieth
Infantry. first: Pvt. Jesus Gonzales,
on Chubby. Military Police Company,
second; Sergeant Monroe, Twelfth
Field Artillery. third.
Polo ponies, seventeen entries
Lieut.. Eric s. Militor. on King. Fiji
teenth Field Artillery j. II. Lapham.
go Brahan boulevard, on Tom. see
ond place. Mr.. Lapham also won third
place on Jerry.
Arulllery uflNlng contest, SIN en-
tries: Battery b, Fifteenth Field Ar
tillery, first; Battery D, Fifteenth
Field Artillery. second: Battery c,
Twelfth Field Artillery. third.
Ladies' jumping, seventeen entries
Miss Betty Morris on Gray Eagle.
first; Mrs. y. +. Galbraith. jumping
both on FREELY and Peanuts, second
Mrs. j. b. Golden on Mixer. third.
Cavalry events: Cpl. Nelson p. Per-
ry on Barney, Fourth Cavalry. first
Pvt. Oscar A. Deawaele on Fatima,
Fourth Cavalry. second: Sgt. Edward
Harrigan, on Chesty. Fourth Cavalry.
third. This event was one of the most
thrilling of the day. the riders en-
deavOring TO thrust their sabers
through upright sandbags placed on
the sides of the hurdles as their
mounts cleared the bars.
In the final event of the show.
the championship jumping contest.
Sgt. James r. Valentine on Gray Ea-
gle, won first place; Sergeant Monroe.
Twelfth Field Artillery. on Dick. won
second place. and Lieut.. Henry |.
Hodge, Fourth Cavalry. third place.