TERRITORIAL GYMKHANA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 21, 25 June 1913, Page 2

TERRITORIAL GYMKHANA.

I lie following are some of the conditions of lb,, various competitions in •connect,,,,, will. Territorial Gymkhana to he held at Ha wen. on Thursday: Tiiff-of.wnr--C.td. weight: extent, of pull, 12 teet: on- coach per'team allowed l-.nal, o,k' ~„!! ollly . (I) C()m . pctitors are not (~ ..it, iln d no part of a man's body except, his i'oct may touch the ground. Should a man fall/or save himself vvUh his hand from falling, ho must at once recover himself. (■!} No knots or ] oops may , )e , nade {l) t|ip ■ (the crossing of the rope over itself constitutes a loop). (3) The boots must not be faked in any way, and must be without projecting bars'or spikes. (4) No holes to be made in the ground. (51 Teams to be inspected bv'Mdip judge before pulling, ((i) A team'.will' be considered beaten when either the mark on the rope or any part of the ifront man's body crosses the line of the opposiii" team: n

Balaclava melee.—Teams of four men lime allowed, 5 minutes; the team having the most cockades intact at expiration of that time to be declared the winner In the event of a tie, a further spell of four minutes will be allowed Any military uniform, no belts. Helmets and single-sticks provided -V competitor striking at any prt other than t in head ot an opponent, going bovond the boundary li„ P . or striking an opponents horse with his stick may be disqualified.

lcnt-p.tcliinjf.-A pc.n; w il] ]„, Mvm ,„ where the foot of each pole is to vest Squad to fall in so varrls at rear of pp; tent bays and poles to be in front of squads. On the Ih,,|, s„m,<i„o- 01) ,. (:; the squads will take -,„> lem .„ul poles double to their respective" pp ™, unroll and pitch tenis-. i,,, ts in hv > perly pitched „„ ( 1 peujr,,,, (cm . t;li]l ' not to be used), door | 0 l u , closed and bleed. Competitors will slrike. tents (ropes to be rolled) and replace, prowrlv in bags with all pejrs and mulcts' and double back to the st,,Hin S '.p| :u .,. ~nd ?,f'" ftl " '"/ ~ Poi " ts: p'iWiini? 40, correct slrikniD; and naekinp- jo time 1.), general style f>, total 100. ' "'