A wrestling match between the N.S.W. Lancers and a team of Bluejackets from H.M.S. Excellent caused a great deal of amusement, and although Jack was on a vessel of whose steering he knew little, he managed to win, there being two sailors still " on deck" when all the Lancers had been dismounted.-DAILY PAPER July, 1897. Royal Military Tournament.

WE'VE played in every kind o' game
Since fust we comed to sea;
We've served in every hind o' land From the Lizard to Fiji;
We've fought in every kind o' way
With every kind o' force,
But best of all was the 'Cultural 'All
An' the Naval Mounted 'Orse.
 
Oh! all the little soldier-men
So bustin' up with pride,
Sez they, "You little sailor-men,
We'd like to see you ride."
Sez we, " We'll do the best we can,"
An' drops our legs acrorse ;
An' one o-the drums sez, " 'Ere they comes ;
It's the Naval Mounted 'Orse ! "
 
We started out in line abreast,
A-kickin' up the dust;
The Tommies sat a-watchin' us,
An' laughin' fit to bust.
Sez Jimmy, " Can you pull 'er up ? "
Sez Ginger, " W'y, of course
We're troopers now-but I don't know 'ow
In the Naval Mounted 'Orse."
 
We follered up the leader,
We reckoned that was best,
We got 'em in the centre,
An' the 'orses done the rest.
The Tommies 'ollered awful,
An' the people 'owled acrorse ;
'Twas the first parade o' the big brigade
O' the Naval Mounted 'Orse !
 
But w'en we got to business
It didn't look so gay ;
The soldiers sat it splendid,
They seemed to 'ave the way.
So w'en the lines was facin'
We didn't make salutes;
We waited for the whistle,
An' we grabbed 'em by the boots.
 
An' w'en we'd fairly started in
We didn't 'ear no more,
'Cept everyone was cheerin'
In a sort of 'owlin' roar.
An' w'en the ranks was opened
I looks along the gorse,
An' I sees 'em done. Sez I, " That's one
For the Naval Mounted 'Orse ! "
 
They said we was the winners,
Which made us cock a chest.
They said we done it splendid ;
We said they done it best.
But w'en the drinks was ordered,
We 'auled 'em all inside,
An' asked 'em werry nicely
If they'd teach us 'ow to ride.
 
We've played in every kind of game
Since Just we comed to sea ;
We've served in every kind of land
From the Lizard to Fiji;
We're infantry, artillery,
And Seamen, too, of course,
But the best of all was the 'Cultural 'All
And the Naval Mounted 'Orse !