A Military Jumping Competition at Jerez De La Frontera, Spain. 1913.

For Sale is a Full Page removed from "The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, June 21st 1913," showing the Following Illustrations for "A Military Jumping Competition at Jerez De La Frontera, Spain."

Started by the italians, these jumping competitions take place now all over the continent wherever a regimant of cavalry is quartered.  The jumps are mostly of a quite unnatural character, as will be seen above, but it is interesting to note that the officers succeed in making horses who are ordinarily considered useless for jumping purposes go over these remarkable fences.  The Spanisg Government imports horses from all over the world, and the officers, by patience and perseverance, teach them to jump, no matter what their stamp or breed.  One animal depicted above won his class without touching any of the jumps, performing like clockwork without getting out of hand or rushing his fences, whereas, from his appearance, he justified the remark of an onlooker that he would look well in a bathing machine.  Two of the winners-Trocadero, a Russian horse and Boqueron, bred in Jerez-were owned and trained by Capt. Gomez Spencer, who, as his name denotes, is of English extraction, and who is well known as a winner at most military competitions in Spain.

    a- Landing over the wall and mound.
    b- The In and Out, with a cutting between.
    c- Capt. Moreno. (portrait)
    d- Capt. Gomez Spencer. (portrait)
    e- Capt. Ramos. (portrait)
     f- Boqueron at the wall and mound.
    g- Not much to look at, but a winner none the less.
    h- Boqueron clears the "dog kennel."
    i- The "Italian" Slide.
    j- The triple bars.
    k- CZ refuses the half hoop.

Condition is Very Good.