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Show A OUNAT JtACE. Loup; Cavalry Run lit Which Baron I'Jrhuiffcr Participated, Baron, Franz von Erlungor, formerly a first lieutenant in the Nineteenth Uhlnus, ono of iho awolles,t cavalry re-glmonts re-glmonts In the German army, Is in lbilttippro, Ho gravels with his wlfo, whq b,na boon giving tho leading po-clalty po-clalty at one qf tho vaudeville theaters this week, Tliu baron la small and wiry in stature, stat-ure, weighs but 118 pounds. Ho wears a typical Teuton iniistac.he ami speaks i wHh r Gerppn&ccoutj He was bprr) ii cwwgiWVWiliWilT.HIWIiii ti'iiw r,)ltMl,iWM1hi d lo Nieder-Jgillielin, on tho I'lilpf . lit-- twci'ii Manz unil Uioghcn, tlft)-iinti , yeati ago, His family I ono of the most prominent In Uermniiy, and il aid to, lio wealthy, For fourteen yearg he was an ofllecr in tho army, and ho resjguctl In May, 181)1, tlirco months before ho would havo )Con madu a paptaln. In tho autumn of 1803, Ilnron Er-lunger Er-lunger took part In the famous cavalry men between oihVors In the Op rm tin and Austrian armies from Berlin to Vienna, which exhibited much Interest in military circles nt tho time. This rhlo was tho outcome of shorter ride which hud been Instituted at the suggestion sug-gestion of General Podbiulsky some eight or nlnu years ago. At Ural rides' af only 100 or 200 pilles Ion were taken, tlio two things lo be considered In iiwaidltig Hie prizes being tlio time consumed and tho condition In which Iho man mid thu horse wero when the Journey was cumolotod. "It Is nboui -150 miles hntwcou I)crlli and Vienna," said the baron yestonlay, "and nothing like a rhlo or that tctigta had beun taken beforo. There were 100 compel Itois on each uldo all ot ib. in nlileets ami die Germans were lo start from Berlin and tlio Austrian f-Oiu Vienna. The winner of the ride received a prlzo of 20,000 marks, and thero wero several smaller prizes. The only objout was to win, no matter what the condition of man or animal at the llnlsli. The raco was won-by Count Sliihremburg, an Austrian, who made the dlstanco in sixty-eight hours, with his horse In fair condition. Mlttipels-u-r von Teltztnstein was tlio first Gorman Gor-man to reach Vienna, his tltuu being u IIUlo over Bcvonty-two hours. "I don't want to appear egotistical." ho continued, "but I was tho fnvoilte In the race, over 00,000 marks having been lost on mo In Berlin. I could ride falrlt well and was very light. I had trained down so that with my saddle nnd equipment, I weighed 1IJQ pounds. Fivo pounds of this was duo to tho aiildlc. Tho odds against mo wore 7 to 1, and there, wero 200 men entered. Tho general odds against tho other riders rid-ers wore from 20 tp fit) to" 1. "I had a splendid linrsc Norninndlo, by Robert the Devil, which 1 bought in England, and ho was in lino mcttlp. I was gone 200 miles and wns well up in tho bunch, when the horse got n rusty nail In his foot and I had to drop out. Ho went along until his leg wns swelled to twlco Its natural size. AMerwurd ho recovered nod 7011 several races for mo on the track." Baron Erlangor hns rhlen In many gentleman's races in the West since hu camo to this country, Ilia homo is now In Now York. He was. married (our yeartf ngo at Magdeburg, Prussia.. Ills family is quite well known in the West, especially about Clnclnnail. whoro lie has somo relatives. Somo of his relatives wero instrumental In building the Alabama Qroat Southern railroad., winch was part of tlio so-cnllcd so-cnllcd Erlangor system. Baltlnioro Sup. |