Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1925, Page 99

MAGAZINE SECTION ILLUSTRATED | FEATURES J h L %unflag %t&f FICTION AND art 5—8 Pages WASHINGTON, D. €., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1925 Washington’s Modern Cossacks Surpass All Others in Skill BY GEORGE H. DACY. and horse. Some of the horses can ASHINGTON'S modern Cos stand with their front feet on barrels sacks are 400 expert troon Twelve Months' Service at Fort Myer Transforms Green Recruits Into Polished Horsemen-—-Troopers Perform Circus \hen ordered by their owners to ers stationed v vonder “strut their show stuff.” A few of the T nd e | Stunts and Death-Defying Feats in Exhibitions—Men Learn to Love Their Mounts—Cavalry Horses Carefully Selected | e vont it o Hover. Levess e Post of Fort Myer. where a man's a the Arimy steeds are mathematician peve e W i for Army Service—Mounted Men Now More Effective in Warfare Than Before the Dawn of Aviation. five, Ono aniiaal s . sporiat Tiking Scan the chronicles of steeds and horsemanship ever since the sunrise of modern history, seek out the most daring feate of equestrianism, add to these the most difficult stunts of rough riding and the spectacular rodeo, and vou will have a sum total of saddle achievements which are only reflec tions of what you may view in actual ity most any of these Autumn days over at Fort Those crack r which you like te ze upon in parades and public demonstrations, are every inch the horsemen that they look to be—and much more. Neither the Arabs of the Fastern deserts. famed as horsemen since the dawn davs 1 our most noble steed was first 1 or man’s use, nor 1o darede sacks who have for s the “hoss riders™ of Europe excel the equestrian Prow o Amerlean Cavalry which < the universal pace maker in writing new riding history the father's father's sons of horseman. ship. hey are the descendants of generations of daring riders. They kpend their lives in saddles. Both their forezrounds and backgrounds | center around horses and the accou terments of mounted warfare. These men acquire mastery of the riding art hecause they devote all their time to it Uncle Sam transforms green re. | eruits into polished riders as adept and courageous as the Cossacks, as daring and proficient as the swarthy Arabs. as sure of seat and as well trained for mounted marathons as the © Uncombdriable f: trooper behin ij the for warm biscuit=. Another en his regular portion of chewing tobacco Army rules, however, forbid the pro miscuous feeding of the cavalry mounts, so that sweets and dainties are taboo in the war-horse ration A volume could be written on the heroic deeds of cavalry horses and heir dauntless riders since mounted riders were first authorized in our Fede War Department. Neither clouds of arrows from the bows of ruthless redskins, nor the scathing volleys from enemy rifles, nor the de- structive discharges from smoking cannons’ mouths have stopped t charges of our efficient cavalrymen Azzin and again courageous trooper have ridde o0 the valley of death Necither horses nor men ever faltered There ure no more striking example. of the marvelous accomplishments of e and adherence to an those which the n. records of the United States Men obeyed because of faith in their officers: horses obeyed hecause of faith in their riders. And because of this mutual faith—a faith which is never violated—our mounted service is what It is today—the most effective of its kind under the sun Today the United States Cavalry in the stirrup is more formidable than any oth nized body of horsemen In the world. Each trooper is a trained expert with pistol and saber. Furthermore, our American Cavalry excels all European saddled soldiery in Western cowboys, in the short periods 4 i ; ; : v e 3 : Pigs 7 b R i marching methods and general fitness of 12 to 24 months e o i v % i / @ i s 4 for mortal strife Army efficiency is exemplified at its ? ¥ é % 4 7 best in the rush order making of 3 by I 3 : 3 s 4 % % 4 - S champlon cavalrymen. Men who, L - s / i A 5 . g £ : A : Fear Airsickness. previous to their enlistments. may 7 s 0 7 2 - 2 &7 , e, e 3 never have thr legs over horses' | # A 4 o S 7 =% 4 2 A”' ICKNESS or the fear of it backs mature into master cavalry men under Uncle Sam’s supervision after a dozen months of training. And ¥ 4 R 0 c . s hecause the attitude of our troopers 3 i i 5 5 4 : > ” L et T A ) pecially acr the E; h Channel is “‘the more vou know. the more vo 3 o . 2 s 2 P S 2 AN Airsickness, which is exactly the sam. tinued until they gain maximum exce lence in horsemanship 1< deterred many hundreds from using air transportation regularly, and down experienced when hits certain air pockets Lo. the poor cavalrymen,” was the tain air pocket lament which was frequently voiced B. Hea Iviser to with the advent of aviation and the t sh air ministry, has been perfection of modern hine guns iving 1. which is a aif and artillery o the layman it 1t one, says Scientific American. It looked as if the extinction of the cannot be solved by fiving at great cavalryman were parked jusi around by the use of drugs or ever the corner. Seemed as though the hy “subtle soothing stemach strok most spect 1 and romantic branch P h z nzs he trouble is that ventilation our national service was destined | 4 ; g > 5 g of an inclosed airplane cabin is par- o hear its “taps tieularly difficult, because with the All such adventures in crepe h : limited cubic space available for each inz have zone for naught. Military # 75 ; o passens is chanzed suff Cavalry forces are more essential and A i E de reall s are excluded the ; ‘ s comes unpleasan Under such condi- cavalr tons, particularly at meal times, air ess is always perilously near v chments and their | power to separute into small zroups to move auickls actoss country é 2 " 4 The learned doctor suggests that ”M’“»M m‘ Sapgindo i 5 > 3 s e # - there is "4-_7k here for a committee f urpla achine | 4 k- composed of designers. medico-physi heavy ‘H_’”'“,\ than H‘w slower-moving | olog nd susceptible passenger roops. Cavalry attacks are now made Per the designers alone can hely. In Axtended order where each rider At any rate, they should be abl 18 no closer than 5 vards to any provide adequate heating, avoid dr { his mates. Riding in this style and g 7 s ¥ » \ x vet provide plenty of ventilation In successive waves o our Ly 2 i, - % The latest three-motored Han Page supplied to the Belgian Company ““Sabena,” provides decided improve ment in these respects. Four rigid funnels, like those on a steamship, are held outside the cabin, collect the cold e ; - 5 . 2 Z ] - - ® i fresh air and lead it to e on > b , 7 ‘ 2 ‘ & 2 ” Co - . either side at the top of the compart- being « < just B z e 3 5 2 X £ ment, the rate of admission being s attain the mreatest per “ . 7 v A 3 : i easilv regulated. Warm, vitiated air 4 ' s / g A is withdrawn at the bottom and rear of the cabin. openings being disposed . ; where the sides of the fuselage are in ahout 9,000 enlisted men i I capaci AN B : i 2 "k § i X suction. Hot-air pipes circulate un Hiesy t o et oy el canel i : 1 5 \ 4 : 2 ' derneath, the air_being heated by the Kauging the present importance of v 2 : p " ¢ o i exhaust pipes of the central motor mounted troops. Our peace-time poliey T Y ¢ it i This apparently simple system of i Ll 3 heating and ventilation has taken the ST il e oo : 5 desizners several vears in its develop Cavalry resources have bee arved % c < 4 | ment. down to rock bottom. Regular Cavalry : forces are now maintained at Fort Myer, Va “ort Riley, Kan Fort ¥ n Allen, Vt.; Fort Sheridan, 11 w nd Fort Oglethorpe, Ga The ve - . b mainder of the mounted troops are % % 3 months several accidents have concentrated along the Mexican boi G’/i- 5 ; i g occurred on the streets of Vi der, with small garrisons also in South leap fro Y i r . : which were traceable to the subnor- Enlistments. for three.vear periods | —————————— — = : mal hearing of pedestrians, the po- are almost constantly on tap, to re-|more difficult exercises. Ultimately | man sized objects 10, 20 or 30 yards | 4 ¢ lice department has suggested that place the men who leave the service,|the best riders are mobilized as re-|distant. You will find that the art of | % all persons whose hearing s subno die or are fncapacltated. Over at Fort | cruits for the exhibition drill teams. | shooting accurately from the saddle is | wal shall’ wear a_vellow' brasssra Myer, for example, where squadrons | They are instructed in the A to izzard |, gifficult one. You will then under- & S 10cm. in width with three large, of the 3rd Cavalry are siationed.|of spectacular riding. They acquire | g.nq why cavalrymen devote so many 3 b round black spots. The “Vox" so- “rookle” troopers are beins introduced | proficiency in the performance of hatr- |y R St FACE 0 IER BOEOE B AN : ohs S ' ciety, the Vienna organization of to such mysteries of horsemanship | ralsing, death-defying feats. They are 3 ; ¢ persons with subnormal hearing, has s A fim seat: zooll MALNe viting | =cHodleatlniso-called " Senletic Rorse complied with the suggestion and has form, and how to handle pistol or | manship by our cavalry troc s close-range supnlied all its members with bras- saber effectively in the saddle Thus it is that the Virginia or Mary- bV our cavalr POPELS/ IS Clo8e B sards. Tt has also published a re- The ‘reflected skl of ihe teachers|land farm boy, accustomed. to the | fAiring. The mounted soldier fs trained | quest that “all institutions_ which is easy to visualize in the remarkable | broadback plow horses of his father's | until he is about letter perfect in ¢ « treat or deal with ear affections wrogress which the novitlates make |farm, after the first vear of his en- | shooting at distances of 5 to 10 yards- 1 (schools for deaf mutes, polyelinics) N Rraatering ithe Sliiles b o= |lisbnentineriod A Aot ayer as | while he is guiding a galloping horse = 3 b follow their example. Especially Ao pert officers who have been | Skilled in the art of saddle and stirrups | The soldier boys perform some won S s e . i | since the war the number of per- trained in the special Cavalry schools [4S some of the rodeo riders of \West-| derfully good shooting straight to the : |sons suffering from defective hear- now maintained for that purpose work | €rn cow ranches. The secret of this) frant aver the heads of their steeds ) ing has increased greatly. ~The wonders in molding ordiniry men into | remarkable change rests in the care. | 0t S1CT (08 TEACR of et SEROT He loves Wis master a9 larze number of cannon of heavy proficient riders In short periods. The | ful. correct and progressive instruc- | oao’ 206 EIUEE B S SRS O 0| J i 8 DN Bl caliber used in the war, the many cid doctrine, which says that it takes |tion which is followed in_training | (0 7% ¥ICR WEAT HOOE, PO LAS MO ears of practice and experience to|these modern cavalrymen. The motto | Of MAGIY PIUAEIDS make a finished rider, is being violated | 0f the Cavalry teachers is never to | 3 . over at Fort Myer, where zreen volun- |48k their men to do anything which ! T teers are converted into skillful riders | they are not trained and prepared to | LJORSES as well as men have to within a 12-month period !do. be trained painstakingly to sat upon the enemy with surprisir &mali losses. This Hlarly true where the cavalry =ht is miven fire support 1 nd The existent roster of our American Cavalry regiments. which consists of Label Deaf Pedestrians. O\\'].\'f‘v to the fact that in recent suit. hooting with a pistol as practiced = explosions and also the infectious dix of the horse has heen told as a result |used today at Fort Myer and our other [eases resulting in middle ear sffestions of finds made above the earth's sur- | Cavalry arrisons. have caused the organization in filce: Washingtonians are most familiar | Vienna of the “Vox" society, which Our modern horse is a giant com-:with the Fort Myer Cossacks through | numbers 70,000 members and whic | pared with its dwart progenito the Friday afternoon exhibitions held essays to protect the interests of The rding teachers are officers well| Acrobatics play a part in the educa-{;.¢ 41 the requirements of our criti- | |~ When the Spaniards first came to throughout the Winter months from |persons with subnormal hearing tralned fo svery sngle of equestrian. | iom of fhe 31 vomms, for these WD | l; cuiier seevice. “Thie hubheh avb ; k. | American shores there were no horses | January until April. These drills are | During recent vears, 12 per cent of ship and also proficient in the rough | Who ~participate in ‘the dangerous | 4! A% ol fsnse puTcascA B the here. Notwithstanding, sefence claims | free to the general public, the only re. | the traffic accidents have been due riding of the Western plains and the | forms of rough riding sometimes fe: : 2 S | % | ! Gew | auitement: being that all ‘patsons who | to ‘Shbnérmal hearings; so thut the Cectacular “atuntas of the mbark | fured must be careflls frained. ath. | best Judges of horseflesh in the United that the horse was evolved in the New |4 all y : Ot ol e o thet the circus ring. In fact, it is as much fun | letically, in order to have developed States Cavalry. The steeds for the quite generally approved by physi & a visit to a ix-ring hig-tent” | the co-ordination of mind and muscle | Eastern regiments are secured from 1 A ) ¥ bt ik ™ cians. = ¥ show to drop in at the Fort Myer rid. | essential for such difficult feats. These = Virginia, Kentucky, Vermont and period linked the northwestern United | adjutant at that Virginia Army post , 3 ing haill some day when the “rookies” | spectacular stunts require nerve, dar. | some of the Middle States. The horses | ; ates with the eastern borders of | There vou will see cavalrymen per- W : re learning the fundamentals of |Ing and courage. They do not demand | used by Western Cavalry squadrons | . Siberia. The Fohippus, Protorhippus. | form most spectacular stunts. The Relativity Still Holds. thorough horsemanship. that nicety of riding and the thorough |are from Texas, Missouri, Colorado, | “ : Orohippus, Mesohippus., Miohibpus. | mounted soldiers practice for months : The newcomers in the service hegin | knowledge of horses which comes only | Oklahoma, Wyoming and Californi - Pliohippus—little animals not much | in gaining proficiency in the exhibition [ [N spite of all attacks, the theory their instruction on well trained quiet {as the reward of years of saddle ex- |\ kgim nity. is experienced in.secur- larger than ordinary foxes—all played | riding they do at these entertainments. of relativity is still on a firm foun- Hocaes: #Nliey, ate taught: the proper|iDerience e Duning ithe Hao 10N fo i R it e e o R G i their important parts in the making | Tt is a great incentive to the riders to | dation. according to Dr. Charles F. form in riding. They are schooled in | vears a marked improvement in the | INE plenty of satistactory Cavairy | of the horse, for they bridged the gD | know that they will perform in public. | St. John of the Mount Wilson Ob- S SO T ‘“_';\,B"]':“";;’_L",‘mn“"m‘_j:;i:mm;‘,',;";:;"f:‘f_",)m.« been much improved, consequent | g | 1 7om the five:toed ancestor down 0| Thus the exhibitions, in addition to servators. Al the tests of the theory confidence as they attain saddling pro- |1y through the effectiveness of the |On the use of Government-owned stal- | y the one-foed horse. | Breducing Al fioisemanahiv: itoater [ sEsegted by Bioateln, and several ficleney. This confidence is acquired | cavalry training school ;li(mx. which are the outstanding fea- | . o 2 ! * ok Xk ok { unusual esprit de corps among thol,,w heory when pitit Gia) without frightening the new troopers | The troopers at Fort Myer do much |tures of the notable Army remount | & | I~ txoapers. fihe sfiects OC these DUDIG| o6 o1 tha crucial testn offrelatiy- £0 that they get “horseshy.” Again | riding without stirrups, o as to ac-|stations now located in the leading . ] 3 13 > eler firat | drillS are reflected in the exceptional |, 2% BE o€ TrTEI SRS of Telal 'd again, the men practice simple |quire good balance and firm seat.| horse-raising districts of the United " oo ouniaton, o Ruasian trayelec'sl et micrale) oftthie: Fort Myek ‘gursison, |2 SOibice \TOUGhe hig osat e iths ercises. They are taught to ride | They are trained comprehensively in!States. i found the modern horse. Ti.is horse | Loth Cavalry and Artille Einstein theory postulates, it is sub- with complete relaxation and practice | jumping over low obstacles and in! A good Cavalry horse can be of any : was 12 to 13 hands high. Horses in| Cavalry riding as sponsored at Fort | jocy o gravitational attraction suppling exercises while in the sad-|handling pistol and saber on horse-! color except gray or white. Animals jearly times were first used_as human | Myer features each trooper riding his | Therefore, the sun would tend, it dle.”As they master these rudimen. | back. Naturally, they acquire sreater | o very light colors are too conspicu- | food. It is probable that in Asia orlown horse. Mass riding is not coun; |least slightly, to pull back its light, osea o e SISl fette T | Ine o antlo e Toonos Feorstii] oom dop iy fect hey joonstl: | North Africa the horse was first used |tenanced or permitted. The training |even at the moment it sends it out foausedion mote Qifcult feate. Iany | INE £0 gl shcio weapOns fromtie ! bt KoanySturgete fox eriding BN - : las a beast of burden. The Avabfan |curriculum is designed to make a fine | This would lead to the displacement of the men fall or show that they arejmddle. [Part'clar attention is devolell| b beo o SSpasion: eifeciivelyiayentat A cav'alwmm anol his educated hoyse , was the first improved type of horse, |horseman of each individual trooper. |of a source of light, having little heing pushed too rapldly, the teachers | to pistol practice, as the consensus of | S1OOLers, Wi 5 | ik iand was used chiefly for military pur- | Mass riding, where a number of men | trum as compared with the spectrum T e e forrns pe verak | Ohra of thia G5y wrfl Sce i that me| A Cavalry horse bas to show some | [ poses. Invading armies which visited |in pyramid ‘formation ride simultane- |of a suorce of light, having littie in again on the simpler forms of work. | cers of this day and age is that the| - blo % AL our mo rmy service, receives a | spirit, disposition and desire for work. | : o visite Hilee iy S evitationel Stirheclcn. Te, ny e & e a stubnosed Colt is the most efficient | considerable signs of breeding and to mounted Arm; D D France and Spain in the whirligig of | ously the same group of horses, is the | weapon for mounted combats. Plenty | be of good conformation, as judged by | number and name, and is assigned to| In a word, the troopers learn all about | jme introduced Eastern horses and |product of the eircus ring. It has no UER: hewe o E\g’rl!r:hde{fcrm:l{nivr!&x) "|'HE enthusiasm and interest of the | ¢ ‘gitention is also accorded saber | the purchasing officers. The weight |Some certain trooper. Almost invari-| the commandments of stable manage- | mortised thelr charactcristing together | place In the training of modern caval. | made this test with delicate instru- men in riding arve aroused. AS|qns The saber is the weapon of |limits for the service steeds range ably the trooper makes a pet of his ment. | With those of the Western horses. The | rymen. 2 they progress their confidence 1in-|j,qt resort after the pistol has belched | from 950 to 1,150 pounds, while the [Steed. A man who does not learn 10| (Our American Cavalry horse is the | foundation for the modern horse was[ The troopers make pets of their i World and crossed into Asia over | desire to attend shall obtain tickets by | ! | ground which during some remote mail or telephone reservation from the Asia, south of the Mongolian | creases. They become skillful in exer- | gty SiC" iets. { animals must be from 15 fo 16 hands | love his horse, as a rule, does not last | result of a long and tedious process of | thus lald, horses. Many a steed awaits the ap- Water-Proof Matches. cites and feats of horsemanship which | “yjayhe, perhaps, you may think you {in height. Good horses are often ac-|long in the United States Cavalry. evolution. His ancestors have been | Cortez in his conquest of Mexico, [pearance of its rider and noses his JMATCHES which can be dipped in originally seemed impossible. are a fairly good horseman. Likely as | cepted which differ in some charac he troopers are taught how to use | found in the fossil rocks which scierce | begun in 1519, brought the primitive | blouse for the lump of sugar which ktar withoat =paiilig Havabasn the animal knows is somewhere con- | o oquced. it is claimed, by putting cealed. rubber latex into the tip material. The After six months of intensive and comprehensive training you would never recognize the polished Cavalr: iders of December as the recrnifs I mot you may also be a_ fairly good | teristics from these specifications. | simple remedies and how to take the has discovered so old as to be almost | ancestors of American horse families | shot with a revolver. Now. if you|Uncle Sam pays from $125 to $175 for | best of care of their mounts. They are | incomprehensible to the mill run of | to this country. Our horse breeding want to have some real fun Just hop | his Cavalry mounts. The horses which | instructed in how to put a_horse into| men. Rude sculpture throughout our | enterprises ‘of the twentieth century | The individual soldiers teach their | mizture 16 then vuleanised. The ant: o et ['en vour horse. with your pistol in its |ave issued for troop use range in uge | good condition. They learn how to | conntrysid story in rock—tells the [date back to the cavalré mounts used | mounts simple tricks. This is done |ing power is retained even after the Thelr education in equestrianism is | holster at your belt. Urze voux hovse | from 5 10 8 or 9 vears. feed an.animal and how to keep tab on | early tale@f the historic horse, while [ by Cortez. These Spanish horses ontxide of service hours. and i< en- | matches have been in water for some continued. They attempt and master o @ gallop. Then try shooiinz at Tach horse, after moblilizatlon Into (he staed’s condition by hix appetite, | the tale of the prehistoric pr the forhars of the tirely a private affair between man time. > . v