1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

Name of RiderCountryName of HorseWherefoaledRemarksConvert, Paul, Lieutenantdu 1:er régimentBelgiumde guides.de Trannoy, Gaston,Lieutenant du 2:e régimentde guides.d’Astafort, Lieutenant, France6:e Cuirassiers.Meyer, Commandant, 3:eDragons.Seigner, Lieutenant, 12:eCuirassiers.Cariou, Capitaine, Écoled’Artillerie.La Sioute,bl., m., 8 y.Capricieux,b., g., 9 y.Amazone,br., m., 11 y.Allons-Y,br., g., 12 y.Cocotte,b., m., 12 y.Mignon,b., g., a.FranceIf this competition had also been individual, re-jumping would havebeen necessary between Captain de Blommaert, on Clonmore (Belgium),and Lieutenant, Count G. Lewenhaupt, on Medusa (Sweden),each of whom had only 2 faults, while the third prize would havegone to Lieutenant d’Astafort, on Amazone (France). Had the competitionon the preceeding day also been a team event, the resultingorder would have been: Germany, Sweden, Russia. Of the horsestaking part in the team competition 7 were foaled in Great Britain;4 each in France and Germany, (i. e. the horses employed by theteams of these two countries); 3 in the U. S. A. and 2 each in Germanyand Russia. There were 2 full-blood mounts. During the jumpingthere were, of course, many methods employed of takingthe obstacles; the French and the Italian styles — the latterof which, in what may be called an exaggerated form, was employedby the Russian riders — being those that differed most widely.The Russians, it is true, did not succeed in placing their names onthe prize list, but their excellent jumpers seemed to suffer from thesevere system of training employed and which was carried on untilthe very last moment, and for which the heat-hardened training courseswere, probably, not quite suitable.Captain de Blommaert (Belgium), on his magnificent Clonmore, wasthe only rider who started in all the competitions, though it must beobserved that he completed only the first two trials in the Military.Of the horses that completed this fatiguing event, Chiswell andDeceive ** (U. S. A.), ridden by Captain Henry and Lieutenant Montgomery,also took part in the prize riding and the team prize jumping,while Cocotte (France) which, ridden by Captain Cariou, wonthe third prize in the individual competition, took part in the teamprize jumping, ridden then by Lieutenant Seigner. Dignite, also aFrench horse, was ridden by Lieutenant Seigner both in the Militaryand in the prize riding.601