The Washington times., 1935-10-23

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Ki'k Miller ge n tleman
mainly responsible for bring
ing this excellent equitation
event to Washington is none
other than Lieut.. Col. G. L.
Scott, U. s. Cavalry, a cuss-
in horseman from away
back yonder whose vast
Army training enables him
to tell pedigrees even by so
slight evidence as the label
on a can of corned-willy.
Yes, sir, the whole id e Of
bringing the Chilean army
horsemen to Washington to
compete with the American
military team in what promises
to be the best three-day boot
and-saddle series the Capital
has ever witnessed. is the
brain.child of Scotty. and the
last time I saw him over at
the Army-Navy Club complet-
ing the program, plans for
seating, and other myriad de-
tails of so stupendous an
event, wasn't quite sure that
It wasn't only his brain-child.
but possibly his brainstorm as
well.
Improving the Breed
Colonel Scott has been the
ringmaster of so many similar
events, including several Ameri.
can participations in Olympic
equestrian competition, that he
has now become the ringmaster
in all gestures to improve the
breed for Army utility.
But with respect to the forth
coming Inter-American eXhibi-
tions the good Colonel has
achieved what might well be
termed his masterpiece.
After having worked out all
of the details for a three-day
show, he doesn't intend to be
gypped by the tickle weather
gods, or even the goddesses, and
so he has a set of copyrighted,
braSs-riveted, two-family, steam
heated ticket plans which call for
a seat, either at the outdoor show
grounds at Meadowbrook, or as
equally desirable a seat at Fort
Myer riding coliseum, in case Of
rain.
In other words, if a ticket pur-
chaser buys a seat on the So
yard line at Meadowbrook, and
it should shower, the same
ticket calls for a seat, not on
the 30-yard line at Fort Myer,
but right up there in the middle
of the enclosed tan bark pas
ture.
Walters Love It
With the aid of a drawing
board, T-square, gutta percha
triangles of assorted sizes, a
complete set of calibrated archi-
tect's mashies and niblics, to say
nothing of a bottle of water
proof ink, Scott completed his
duplex seating plans at the
stroke of a recent midnight, as
the dusky walters at the Army
Navy Club, tongues out from
exhaustion, took their last cusSin'
out in plain and fancy horse talk
because they couldn't find more
than three thumbtacks on the
whole blame premises. The
walters would rather be cussed
out by Scott than any officer of
the club.
"WeI, I'll be gOI-swanged!"
auOth the Colonel as he looked
upon his finished drawing of
the twO-way seating scale. II
wouldn't uf thought it could be,
If / hadn't done it myself. / must
20 up to his room and show this
to Gen'rT Kroner maj. Gen.
Leon B. Kroner, Chief of Cav
alry). It's about the purttiest
set-up I've ever seen, even If 1
did il myself"
Two Important Calls
Just then one of the de-
pleted darkies rushed to the
Colonel's side, and after a full
military salute with feet poised
at an angle of IS degrees. ad-
dressed the cavalry colonel
thus:
Colonel. sub, you wife is
on the phone and wishes to
know when"
About that time Scotty espied
q big blotch of black ink that
had been Smirched across his
prized plans as a result of his
elbow becoming entangled with
q drawing pen which was not
yet dry.
"GOl-swanged it, now, who did
that! Who the devil has been
messing around my plans. Boy,
why the hell didn't you put
that stopper back in the ink,