Word: troop
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...technique of catching wild horses consists in camping near them until they have become comparatively tolerant of the proximity of man, then in edging them slowly toward the corral. The corral has a funnel shaped entrance wide at the outside. Into the wide part troop the unsuspecting horses, then the passageway narrows and soon they pour through the funnel's spout and into the pen. Last week Catcher Skelton and his band, either because of natural exuberance or because of the upsetting effect of a bad thunderstorm, stampeded a bunch of horses on their way to the corral. There...
...Troop E, 10th Cavalry, under First Lieutenant Drury, coming to the rescue of the patrol, was fired on by cavalry of Yucopicio then going into position to attack Naco under Topete. When the error was discovered after a pack horse had been shot, the Mexican officers very kindly offered hot coffee. International relations...
...scandal was unearthed at Scotland Yard last week, and London's police commissioner, General Lord Byng of Vimy, Viscount of Thorpe-le-Soken, sat up all night to investigate it. Bolshevik agents were said to be learning British troop movements with amazing promptitude. Officers of the special political branch of Scotland Yard were accused of fraternizing with foreign agents and communists...
Both Harvard indoor polo teams initiated their seasons Saturday evening at the Commonwealth Armory with victories, the University team downing the Danvers Club, 15 1-2 to 9, and the Freshman trio defeating the Troop C riders, by a score...
...Freshman team, in defeating Troop C of the National Guard Cavalry, showed much power for the first game of the season, though the smoothness that is the result of teamwork was at times lacking. Coach Sharp in this game also employed two separate combinations. The play of Crispin Cooke '32, captain of the yearlings, stood...