San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
18TH ARTILLERY.
VICTORIOUS IN
HORSE SHOW
Nose Out Twelfth by "a
Points to 20 in
Competition.

Fifteenth Field Artillery rode to a
victory in the Second Division Horse
Show at Fort Sam Houston Saturday
afternoon, completing the two-day
competition with a total of "a points
against score of 70 points made by
the Twelfth Field Artillery, their near
est rivals.
Doughboys of the Ninth Infantry
furnished the greatest surprise Of the
show. sticking dosgcdly at the heels
of the artillerymcn and finishing with
a total Of II points.
Saturdays performance started with
Privates John KiIlian and Forrest
Cline riding Niger and Jack to a
victory in the enlisted mems jumping
in pairs class for the Ninth Infantry.
KITCHENS WIN.
Sharkey and Doughboy Of the Fiji
tcenth Field Artillery took second
place with Corporals Will +. Rogers
and r. f. Nillson in the saddle. and
Attaboy and Hindoo Prince o; the
Twelfth Field Artillery, ridden by
Staff Sergeant c. D. Cottrell and Pri-
vate John WEIGH. finished third.
Service Company of the Ninth In
fantry, Twenty-third Infantry and
Service Company Of the First Infantry
won first, second and third places,
respectively, in the best turned out
rolling kitchen competition.
The officers three-man hunt team
class was won by Captain r. V. n.
Harris, and Lieutenants J. r. Bur-
rill and w. III. DeLange of the
Twelfth Field Artillery.
BATTERY Il VICTOR.
Second place went to Captain W. J.
Egan and Lieutenants j. Hinton and
Richard Sears of the Fifteenth Field
Artillery and third place to Lieuten-
ant Colonel G. r. Mayo, Major Jack
Lapham, ORC, and Lieutenant NJ.
McD. Jones.
Battery B. Twelfth Field Artillery,
took first for the best turned out bat
talon reel cart, Battery b Of the Fiji
teenth took second, and Battery A of
the Fifteenth won third.
Regimental reel car class was won
by Headquarters Battery of the Eff
teenth with the Second Field Artil-
lery Brigade second and Twelfth Field
Artillery third.
Company NJ. of the First Infantry,
Company III of the Twentieth Infan-
try and Company NJ of the Ninth In.
fantry won first, second and third
places in machine gun competition.
SERGEANTS TAKE PRIZES.
Sergeant Charles Scribner of Bat.
terry ID, Fifteenth Field Artillery,
riding Sadly, was awarded first place
for having the best turned out mount
IN the enlisted mems class.
Sergeant Sand Louis of the Eff.
teenth Field Artillery on Prince took
second place, and Corporal Joseph il.
Walsh of the Twenty third Infantry
on Peanuts won third.
The best turned out artillery sec
tiOn came from Battery & of the
Twelfth Field Artillery with Ser
geant Gabriel Jonis in charge.
Battery g of the Fifteenth under
Sergeant Miller finished second, and
Battery ID of the Twelfth under Ser.
gcant j. ID. Brown won third place.
The ladies jumping class proved
one Of the most closely contested
events of the show and was not set
tied until the two best mounts had
been put over the course a second
time.
CLOSE CONTEST.
Mrs. G. c. Charlton won the event
on Bum with Miss Berenice Fiske
close second on Attaboy.
Third place was won by Mrs. f. D.
Cook on Silvcrstone.
The mixed pair jumping class was
won by Major V. V. Taylor and
Mrs. c. Il. Mayo on Powerful Kat
rinka and Gray Eagle.
Lieutenant J. V. Carroll and Miss
Berenice Fiske riding Damit and
Attaboy, won second place, and Cap
tain Il. V. X. harris and Mrs. G.
X. Hayman on Jimmy Treat and
Son took third.
Gray Eagle came back in the chan
jumping class and easily won
first place by clearing all hurdles in
perfect style.
HORSE FALLS.
Major Jack Lapham won second
place. and Corporal Paul G. Malley
won third.
The only spill during the second
In We mr. rar m in, thtc
when Doubtful stumbled over the
brush hurdle. Sergeant Joseph Fer
,uson, his rider, was thrown to the
ground but rolled to his feet unhurt.
Boxes and stands at the stadium
we're well filled by spectators for both
performances.