Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-10
KAPOLEOyS HORSES
cs4ARGEE5 WHICH He RODE N BAT
TIE FROM 1896 TO 1915

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Over Ar.b Fsr.as 80 Es<ihh 1hersssA-
Ar.Ss.- where --shs Ls.sss Csspssas~ g.
she Gs.y M.re H Rsas - Wsssvsaa.
We and if ss~rrfsd BY th~ correspondent
II . contemporary that she has -srnrsk q
Arabs d.sisiz 90 nsiis., IN India. in fosr com
secutiye days. and a;2 milss in six days, ana
eighty -four nlilss in ten houra' he attds
that the s=.~ - an Arab are better than ths-s
Il thoroughbred. and that the ferusT arr
xafer On rough ground. ~ was veil Known
and unsierstood by Sapoaeon the Great, rne
first horsesaan in the world, who rode an
Arab named Marengo, --noted for that Feed.
erduranee and safety in difficult places which
are the cure bred Arabs great chAracserS
tics
In truth, there are few points connected
With ths history Of 1.-The Little Corporal
concerning which more error and myths ars
induIzei In by Prenehnien than as 70 the
chargers which he rode IN battle from lI.S 70
ISIS Some Of these have found their way To
this coaatry. and are protAgated unson
,.iousiy by many who ought To bs better In
formei
THE HORSESHOE ssuyy BOX.
There i. for instance, at ST. James palace
. snuff box made from the hoof Of Marenso,
which has again and again been banded
round after dinner among the guests Of OH
GERS belonging TO the Foot guards regiments
quartsrei in London. On the top u the lid
are inscribed the words "Iioof Of Marengo,
Barb charger Of Napoleon, ridden by him at
Marengo Aasteriitz. lena, Wagrani. In the
campaign Of Russia. and finally at Water
loo Inside the lid are the words Pre-
sented April 5, $50. BY H. W. Angerstsin,
captain Grenaiier guards and lieutenant
coionsi, to his brother officers in the House
hold brigade. Round the hoof runs the in
scribed legend "Marengo was wounded IN
the near hip at Waterloo when his great
master was On him in the hollow road In
advance Of the French position. He had been
frequently wounded before in other battles"
Now. with all due respect tn Capt. Anger
stein, we doubt whether Napoleon rode Ma
rengo at any u the above named battles. ex-
cept that from which the horse took his
name. 1t is quite certain that at Austerlitz
Napoleon was on tine back Of al iron gray
Arab stallion To whom he gave the name Of
Ausrerlitz, and OF whom Lord Roeeberry has
an excellent picture at his house IL Berkeley
square. This gray stallion was. We believe,
y
ing the short peace which followed the treaty
OF Amens in isJ2
Again, We know from THE Conscript Of
lsl3"--a work which, although cast in the
form of romance has an historical accuracy
in every fact and detail for which all the
writings OF NM. Erckmann-ch atrian are
Justly celebrated-that at the battle Of Lut-
zen and Baulzen Napoleon was mounted on
gray. Finally. nothing is more Individually
established than that at Waterloo Napoleon
had for his charger a gray or white mare,
whom he called Marie, after his second wife,
Marie Louise, and who is invariably spoken
OF in this country It's Maria There is at this
moment in the l,ossetion Of Mr. Walter Gil
hey picture painted by the elder Herring
not long after Waterloo, in which Copenha-
gen, the chestnut charger of the Duke OF
Wellington. and Marie the gray charger Of
Napoleon, are portrayed on the same canvas.
THE FAMOUS WHITE HORSE,
Within the last few months some addition
al light has been thrown on the origin Of the
famous white mare bestridden by Napoleon
at Waterloo, and also, We believe, at Lutzen
and Bautzen and in the campaign of lSi4. 1t
WAS on Marie or Maria that Napoleon was
often painted by Meissonier, and one Of the Sc
pictures is well known in this country,
through engravings Of it scattered all over
the land, that the myth promulgated by the
Marengo snuff box ought long ago to have
been disslpated.
We now learn from Mr.. Schalehn Ger
man gentleman who has resided in England
for many years, that Marie was bred at
lvcnach, in Mecklenburg- Schwerin, by Baron
Plessen. Mr. SchalIehn relieves that in 1913
Napoleon was advancin: into Germany
aln la b.,f, ufza al hat
hi quick eye caught sight Of Baron Plessen's
stud which was full Of English thorough
bre!s Side by side with the stud Of Baron
Plessen was another that belonged to Mr..
Schaehns father Tie mighty Corsican"
made clean swe.p of both studs, and among
the young stock belonging to Baron Plessen,
white mare-the famous Maria-was in
cluded.
Mr. Schallehn adds that after Waterloo
Maria fell into the hands of the Prlissans,
who restored her to her breeder, Baron Pies
sen, in whose family her skeleton, covered
with the white skin 81 well known to Ma
poleons soldiers, Is preserved to this day
Certain it is that no one knew and valued
English thoroughbreds more than Napoleon
the Great Maria was the daughter of Hero
,otus, or Herodoie, all English stallion i'm
ported into Germany with King Herods
blood in his veins
Copenhagen, whom the Duke of Yelling
ton rode at Waterloo, and also in the con-
Guiding year of the Peninsular war, was a
grandson OF Eclipse. 1t is well known that
but for the t,eetne.s of Copenhagen the duke
would have been captured at the Bridge of
Sorauren, when he narrowly escaped being
surprised and cut o.f by the French cavalry.
As he can,ered up the hill. glaucing la.
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