added weight probably accounts for the lower percentage 

 this year. A full list of the horses that started, with their 

 breeding, is given below, which shows that: None out of 

 2 standard bred finished; 2 out of 6 Morgans or grade 

 Morgans finished; 3 out of 9 thoroughbreds or grade 

 thoroughbreds finished; 5 out of 10 Arabs or grade Arabs 

 finished. 



Tliis record for the Arabian horses (which are the 

 smallest), with 245 pounds up, is quite remarkable and 

 is no doubt as much in their favor as their performance 

 last year, when they won all the places with two hundred 

 pounds up. 



Name of Horse 



Breed 



Moscowa Thorobred (Reg) . . 



Majolla Thorobred (Reg) . . 



U-Twenty-three Thorobred (Reg) , . 



David Craig Thorobred (Reg) . . 



Tar Baby Grade Thorobred. . 



Sally Townsend Grade Thorobred . . 



Bunkie Grade Thorobred. 



1-2 bred 



Mile. Denise Grade Thorobred, 



J-a bred 



Captain Hurd Grade Thorobred. . . 



Dawn Arab (Reg) 



Rufili Arab (Reg) 



Crabbett Arab (Reg) 



Noam Arab (Reg) 



Sargon Arab (Reg) 



Ramla Arab (Reg) 



Kemah Prince Grade Arab, 



^2 bred 



Kinglisher Grade Arab. 



H Arab. 



K Thorobred . . . . 

 Rustem Bey Cross-bred, H Arab, 



J^ Standard 



Colon. Cross-bred, .'2 Arab, 



J 2 Scotch Pony.. . 



Lord of the Nursery. . . Standard-bred 



Avil Watta Standard-bred 



Scotland Morgan (Reg) 



Dolly Morgan (Reg) 



Castor Morgan (Reg) 



Golden Glow Morgan (Reg) 



Salsbury Grade Morgan 



Queen Grade Morgan 



Sex Color Owner 



Gelding . . . Bay Thorobred Endurance Test Club 



Mare Chestnut . . Thorobred Endurance Test Club 



Gelding . . . Chestnut . , Thorobred Endurance Test Club 

 Gelding. . .Chestnut. . Thorobred Endurance Test Club 



Gelding . . Black Walter C. White 



Mare Black Col. H. S. Neilson 



Gelding. . .Chestnut. . .U. S. Remount Service 



Mare . . . 

 Gelding . 

 Mare . . . 

 Stallion. 

 Gelding . 

 Mare . . . 

 Stallion . 

 Mare . . . 



Brown Capt. DeF. W. Morton. U. S. A. 



Bay U.S. Cavalry 



Bay Albert W. Harris 



. Sorrel Maj. J. L. Plassmeyer, U. S. A. 



. Chestnut... W. R. Brown 

 . Chestnut . . . W, R, Brown 

 . Chestnut... W. R. Brown 



Bay W.R. Brown 



Gelding . Gray-roan. Albert W. Harris 



Gelding . Bay Col. Frank Tompkins 



Gelding. . Chestnut . W. R. Brown 



Gelding . 

 Gelding . 

 Gelding . 

 Stallion. 

 Mare. . . 

 Gelding . 

 Mare , . . 

 Gelding . 

 Mare. . . 



. Chestnut . . . Spencer Borden 



.Bay John E. Madden 



Bay John E. Madden 



.Chestnut. . .Morgan Horse Farm 



.Gray C. C. Stilhnan 



. Bay Morgan Horse Farm 



. Chestnut. . . Morgan Horse Club 

 .Chestnut. . .Morgan Horse Club 

 . Chestnut... E.E. Darling 



Aside from the purely military character of the Contest 

 and the valuable data gathered regarding what certain 

 breeds of horses can do was the personal side. It is a 

 great satisfaction to know that we still have "game sports" 

 among us. Apparently everybody who started was "game." 

 One man arrived at Fort Ethan Allen with nine stitches 

 freshly taken in his arm as a result of a train wreck the 

 day before and he started on the ride and would have con- 

 tinued if the judges had not ordered another rider to 

 take his place. Another had to have his boot cut off at 

 the end of the third day, but he had ridden through, 

 brought in his horse in good condition, and cared for him 

 before asking help for himself. Everybody took care of 

 his own horse, hved up to the rules, never talked back 

 to the judges, took his medicine (so called) when his 

 horse was ordered out of the Contest, helped one another 

 where permissible, and congratulated the winner and, 

 though often dead tired, everybody was always cheerful. 

 ^ ou don't often get that combination of men and horses 

 together, but when you do they are hard to beat. 



The success of the test was due in a great measure to 

 the good work done by W. R. Brown and Major George, 

 assisted by Mr. Berry. The judges were Major Henry 

 Leonard, Major C. A. Benton, and Harry Worcester Smith. 

 Major George superintended the weighing, feed, and ac- 

 commodations, and at all times an Army veterinary and 

 farrier were in attendance. 



The rules for next year's Contest are not yet out, but, 

 it is understood some changes will be made so as to secure 

 more entries and permit of more horses finishing. If a 

 larger per cent is allowed for condition, the real merit 

 of the Contest will be secured, namely, the ascertaining 

 of what strain of horse stands the test best and not which 

 horse, which was the case last year and this, when only 

 one horse finished in perfect condition. 



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