Star.
London, England, 1831-08-02 00:00:00

PLAN OF DRAWING PROM THE CIRCING I.T.

The exhibition on Tuesday, before His :thict V,
of this new mode of draught, as applicah!e to
cavalry horses, was attended apparently ratite the
greatest•success. At about half-past two o't 'leek
a party of the 9th Lancers, Wattled by several
otlicers, took up their station in the Home l'a•k,
in the clear apace immediately under the Te. race
wall. There was also present a party of the lloise
Guards Blue ; and a boy belonging to the Life
Guards, dressed, under the superintendence of
Major Head, in the costume of the natives of South
America, mounted on a grey charger, was an ob-
ject of some curiosity to the company. The 'tre es.
which was exceedingly picturesque, consieted of
red poncho, which is a sort of full, short cloak, made
out of a circular piece of cloth with a hole in the
middle to admit the head and neck of the wearer ;
a higireerowned straw hat, with a narrow rim, fis:-
ened with a leathern strap under this nose ; u tete
linen trowsers, fringed round the aside; beet+ marls
of untanned hide fitted to the feet; ennrn.oos sines
and massive Spanish stirrups. Tile horse wasill.&-
naged simply by a piece of plaited cord enriched to
a bit of enormous power, and the rider lield in his
hand the lasso, a piece of leather thong, about 20
feet long, with a noose at one end, and attached at
the other to the girth of the horse. And from this
lasso of the South Ainei leaps, who are so expert is
its use, and throw it with so meek exactitude, as
to be able to catch and carry off at lull .peed the
wild horned cattle in the plains of Spanish use-
tica, and at a distance of 20 feet, Major Head,
we presume, first formed the idea of applying the
principle of horses drawing from the girth to mili-
tary tactics.
Shortly after three o'clock, the King arrived on
the ground in a pony phaeton, accompanied by the
Landgravine and the Princess Augusta, and fol-
lowed by three o:her pony phaetons. containing the
Duchess of Saxe Weimar and her family, Leal
Holland, Lord F. Fitzclarence, &c. &c. The using
princes were likewise present, also the Marquis
of Douro, Sir Andrew Barnard, and several other
distinguished personages. The queenwas not present.
The King, immediately after his arrival, ordered
the horses to be taken out, as they appeared
fidgetty from the heat of the weather, anti, his
Majesty observed, they might incommode the com-
pany, which was very considerable. Major Heel
was present, mounted on a handsome charger, and
conducted all the operations, which he explained,
as they proceeded, to the King. The first expe-
riment tried was, to recover and carry off an mu -
munition waggon, supposed to be left behind on
the field, in a retreat, and which, but for this ne.v
application of power, must be relinquished to the
enemy. At the word of command, a body of the
9th Lancers rode up to the waggon, fully expripped
every man having a cord with a hook at each end
of it (the curds of different lengths :) an!
each fastening one hook to a ring in the circingle
(which is an extra girth, made of leather, and
fixed over the saddle) and the other hook to the
pole of the waggon, they gallop silt at full speed
and carry the baggage waggon with them with
the greatest facility. A heavy car, called the
" Columbus," containing a serjeant and fifteen
men of the Coldstream Guards, was drawn for a
considerable distance by tha same means; and when
the cavalry halted and disengaged the tasso fro:a
the horses, the infantry dismounting at the same
time, advanced and charged together. This
movement, which was executed with great
rapidity, showed, that by means of drawiii toe..
the circingle horse and foot may be made to co-
operate. A six-pounder field-piece was in Ilse
,manner carried off at full gallop, and with coe.-
parative ease, by only two cavalry horses, and a
heavy truck, containing straw, &c. vial, taken
away by one horse. A bull, chose horns huh
been entangled in the lasso, was then dragged fo -
ward by two of the cavalry, and carrier) et
full trot, all the resistance of the animal Whig in-
effectual. Several distinguished officers co, Cat
ground expressed a decided opinion as to the suc-
cessful result of the experiments, and coueideieJ
that the introduction of Alajor Head's pima into
oar military tactics would be attended with con
siderahle advantage to the service Ah: 'tared trout
the Windsor Express.

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