San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-14
MULE SHARES
HON0RS WITH
BLUE BLOOD
Parade Of Army Escort
Wagons Opens
Horse Show.

The army mule and artillery horse
shared honors with the blue blood of
equine nobility in tine first days events
OF the Second Division Horse Show
mat opened at the army post stadium
Friday afternoon.
The show opened with a parade of
army escort wagons, each pulled by
team of four well-groomed specimens
OF Uncle Sans most obstinate animals.
After long consultation, judges
OF this event announced the wagon of
Service Company Ninth Infantry as
winner Of first place with Third
Wagon Company and Service Battery
Twelfth Field Artillery winning Sec
ond and third places respectively.
BEST TRAINED MOUNT.
Enlisted mems best trained mount
was the second event and was won by
King John ridden by First Sergeant
M. Rudden. Service Battery, Twelfth
Field Artillery. Sergeant Harry
koehler, Second Battalion Combat
Train, Fifteenth Field Artillery, on
Chesty won second place. Third place
went to Private Forest J. Cline, Head
quarters Company. Ninth Infantry, on
Dick.
The Twenty-third Infantry won
first for the best turned out howitzer
cart with First Infantry second and
twentieth Infantry third.
WINS JUMP.
Private Cook, negro trooper of
Headquarters Detachment, Eighth
Corps Area, riding Gray Eagle, won
first in enlisted mems jumping. Ser
geant Joseph Ferguson, Second En-
gineers, on Doubtful won second, and
Corporal Paul G. Malley, Battery f,
Twelfth Field Artillery, on Black
Hawk took third.
The three winners in this event
and fourth entry, Louie, ridden by
Private +. ]. Cline of the Ninth In
fantry, were sent over the course n
second time before the judges were
able to select the best.
Only four of a class of 16 officers
reported in the fifth event for the
best type officers mount. First Lieu
tenant Harry Cullins on Mick. took
first place, Captain Albion Smith on
Firecracker won second and Captain
g. E.. Cook on Princess. placed third.
CLOSELY CONTESTED.
The ladies' walk and .trot class was
one OF the most closely contested
events.
Mrs. T.. D. Cooke. riding Silver
stone, was awarded first place, Mrs.
G. E. Huthsteiner on Sultan, placed
second and Mrs. G. c. Charlton on
Buster, took third.
Judges in the class for the best
type of artillery horse had an eye for
large, black animals. First place was
given Lady, heavy black beauty If
Battery A, Fifteenth Field Artillery.
Bill, another big, black animal, and
pride of Headquarters Battery.
Twelfth Field Artillery. won second
place, and third black horse. Pop.
Of Battery ID, Fifteenth Field Artil-
lery. took third place.
First Lieutenant Eugene Mckinley
on Shorty won the polo pony stake
bending race with Captain Jack Lap
ham. ORC, second, and Lieutenant
Harry Cullins. third.
WINS OFFICERS JUMP.
Captain Lapham came back and
took first place in the officers jump |
ing class, which Immediately followed
the polo pony race.
Lieutenant w. ii. DeLange, riding |
On Conner, took second in this event, |
and Lieutenant Colonel G. r. Mayo
took third place on Powerful Ka-
trinka.
The last event Friday was the en-
listed mems three-man hunt team
class. The Second Engineers with
Sergeant Joseph Ferguson on Doubt
full, Private billiard on Brindle and
Private j. c. Alternately on Sammy,
won this event.
The Twelfth Field Artillery won
second place and Fifteenth Field Ar
tillery took third.