Item #30541 Gymkhana and Mounted Carriage Drill; 1st Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery. New York National Guard.
Gymkhana and Mounted Carriage Drill; 1st Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery

Gymkhana and Mounted Carriage Drill; 1st Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery

New York: No stated publisher, 1913. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, 9 pls. printed in light brown. Good (light cover soil, small corner of back cover chipped off). Item #30541

An evening of display by the artillery's Rough Riding Class (commanded by Captain Stokes) and the Mounted Carriage Drill (commanded by Major Matlock), with musical interludes. Also a mounted basketball game, with a list of riders dressed as politically incorrect characters such as Chief Afraid-of-the-Water, JoJo the African Chief, Schmaltz the Cop, and Mandy. The plates reproduce photos of mounted feats such as the two-horse overmount, four-horse Roman riding, and the pick up, as well as gunnery skills. Scarce. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Price: $60.00

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