Attractive Horsemanship at Olympia This Month In Parenthesis Mechanized Units to Replace Mounted Front Oux Owx Murrany Consrsroxsexr London, May 1.
The Royal Tournament programme at Olympia during May presents an unusually attractive series of horse~ manship displays in which all th: famous riders and mounts appear.
a great reunion of celebrities to mark the closing days of the horse eta which les under the shadow of mechanization. Within a short space fof time ten Cavalry Regiments and the RELA. will be on a mechanized basis and as one half of the regiments remaining with horses will be in India, the field of selection for Tournament programmes will become much restricted. This year, therefore, sees the passing of the horse, to some extent, and it is in keeping with elreumstances that 1936 should be made a great horse year at the Tournament with: 250 animals.
There is an interesting point about one of the regiments taking part. In 1004 the 3rd Dragoon Guards took part in the Abyssinian Expedition Under Napier and a silver war drum—sald to have once belonged to the 'Queen of Sheba—was captured in the campaign and now forms one of the trophies in the OMlcers' Mess of the Jamalgamated 3rd Carabiniers, comprising the 8rd and 6th DG.
new feature is introduced for the central display which as a rule plots a regiment's istory. The innovation is that of a regiment cast ing back beyond its own history in British Army and showing the of its country with " Armad days. The county concerned, and the regiment to give the historical review, is the Royal Norfolk Regiment, newly honoured. with their title at the Silver Jubilee, The Royal Horse Artillery at home In process of being mechanized with tractors for the guns in place of horses. The Musical Drive therefore mars the end of an era.
The following OMicers known in China are en the Committee of tke Tournament for 1936:
Maj-Gen, B. N. Serglson-Brooke (Brigade Commander in China, 1021)
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