Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
PROGRAM FOR
2-DAY EVENT
IS ARRANGED
Mexican Army Off
GERS From Matamo-
ros to Compete With
Fl. Brown Riders

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Out at Fort Brown they are work
ing.
Every man from Col. Charles McH.
Ely to the privstes in the rear rank.
if there is such a thing in cavalry
units, j. making ready for the field
day and horse show which will be
held June rs and 20, respectively.
Never in their equine lives, have
Fort Brown horses received such at
tentions.
/. 1t is beginning to appear now that
they even sense the import OF the
two days ahead Of them, especially
the one particular day assigned for
ITEM to strut their stuff.
But this activity is not Fort
Browns alone. over in Matamoros,
Mexico, where the 18th Mexican cav
airy is quartered there is also an
unusual amount OF activity. For the
first time in years, that unit has
entered some of its finest chargers
and best riders in the competition.
Five Mexican officers from the
Matamoros garrison are entered in
six events in the officers class.
These Mexican officers, who will
ride in cons petition with some of the
finest cavalrymen in the United
States army, are Major Ignacio
Herrera-Bravo, Capt. Manuel 7. Gar
"a, Capt. Gonzales Cortez, Lieut.. AL
dulberto Zapes and Lieut.. Julio
Barroso.
These Mexican officers have enter
ed in the officers charger class, the
best turned out officers mount, polo
bending race, officers jumping, Of
ficers' touch and out jumping and
officers pair jumping. They are
bringing their owl mounts, these
animals having been in intensive
training for many weeks in anticipa-
ton OF the contest.
One OF the features Of the horse
show is that five young society
ladies Of Brownsville will ride in the
ladies' division. These riders are
Misses Margaret West, Elizabeth
Creager, Gay More, Sallye Russell
and Laure Lee Sansill. Mrs. w. p.
Withers Of San Antonio, whose hus-
band, a first lieutenant of cavalry,
is now stationed at Brooks Field, and
Mrs. Vernon M. Shell, wife Of Capt.
Vernon NJ. Shell, post adjutant at
FoIb DIuNHf Will aioo A4AG Al tAS
ladies division.
The Mexican Army will also be
represented in the field day events in
three different classes, the Roman
race, Cossack race and the mounted
pyramid.
The Field Day program will start
at s o'clock Thursday morning and
the Horse Show 81 y o'clock Friday
morning.
A complete list Of entries in both
events will be published during the
week.
The Field Day program will start
yard dash; 22O yard dash; $40 yard
dash; one mile run; one mile relay;
high jump; standing broad jump;
running broad jump; hop, skip and
jump; shot put; tug Of war, dis
mounted; tug Of war, mounted; po-
tato race; three legged race; shoe
race; saddling contest; rescue race;
Roman race; pony express race;
Cosack race, and mounted wrestling
The program for the horse show
features the following events: Best
turned out troopers mount; officers
chargers; troopers mount; escort
wagon; prize cavalry squad; best
turned out officers mount; ladies'
three gated saddle horses; polo
ponies - bending race; officers
jumping; touch and out; officers
pair jumping; enlisted mems jump
ing; enlisted mems jumping in pairs.
All jumps will be scored on the
following points: (1) refusal or bolt
ing W faults; (2) refusal or bolt
ing-four faults; 60 refusal or
bolting-debarred; horse or rider or
horse and rider falling-debarred: a
touch with the forelegs without
knocking down bar-one fault; q
touch with the hind legs without
knocking down bar-one-half fault;
knocking down bar with forelegs-
four faults; knocking down bar with
hind legs-two faults.
In jumping in pairs, the horses
will be judged under the above scale
as one horse, and the n in
which they jump the fence abreast.
Horses entered in the classes for
officers only cannot be entered in
the classes for enlisted men and
vice versa.
Judges in the horse show will be
Capt. John p. Scott. 18th Cavalry;
Capt. Edward ". Pickett, 18th Cav
airy, and First Lieutenant William
McEnery, 18th Cavalry.
The horse show committee il con-
posed Of Capt. Erskine A. Franklin.
18th Cavalry; Capt. Robert r. Max
we'll, 18th Cavalry. and First Lieut..
Clifford !. HUM, 18th Cavalry.