Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-14
NAPOLEON ON HORSEBACK.

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"su'o 81 lnr tI''i miip'Io'
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ava Woo nave seen M''a''h'eI W''u'''' Nu'
vas evidently Ue'h p''n'en ps .ue "i'N,
AItlN' WIN As mu'" ''i'ol'Nue o. n-'A'' anu
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"ith eonslA ''auie da'h n' A''p u'.0"' 20
seen III 'n' 'uNs n9e"' "'tu '''s' "NN v''y .
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s ishlarh"ny "o'il'' "nu ns' v'''', wv
aslae rue mere F"'NHv7 W '"o"s '''p
ne paTaue charger - Ne US o"N,'' " $40
lhe IMPRESSION VI cam po"'l "nN 80 ,s4
force THIS pllo" t'plpo'a'llcu' ~a' ,'u' ','s
pherl OF any superior Vun''u'"N :" 'lI
horsenahahlp OF Nspoleon ,p' %
helthof bood Se4s nos boV'
simply the result Oh ulo nl'nt s"'e'N' ~
yiona preparation OF 'ls nurses ueA'b",' l1'
Ms uho' theY Wo'e u'.''u 70 go, .,.. ',''
mobile ny 'he hou' :" Wv 'l''u9' " Wv =,
ieariul tum"'t NOISE "nu eNeis'riuu' =, -
would NOT nave ueon eAsy ~. -s'p p'l 49, ~
survey INC p'l''u b'uu"u ,"'oubn ". ~
Slashes on we o'eN oi en''hp'Nt, P1 t'.s
and eafaoollhg hhlhal-ahd yet tne morse
must have q lively step IN Walking ana q
swift gallop IN the moment OF nucd. In the
rllmpses one obtains Of Napoleon during
IN, ',r,,.r,ss cf a hattie no seems either 10
u'e r'ub',e1 W 49, '.,,.,,,, a.. ,,s,i,n,n,
ne Hlu'U""o D' -
reekleahly at headlonH pace
Win respect to hlH seat In tho saddle II
Ia worth while to consider the matter ID
aetau Napoleon himgolf used 60 take
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t'N''"'N ~
mo Malne'uNeA' hltel lne pa'up ul "a,
Pyramids whom they hoheld that IVA bold
aud Irresistible eonQuoror was a little mau
WIN rode like a butcher. Yet. 10 begin
,.tt, s,,,,, r,scr,y,tlnn ,rust Ia made "a
-, -, N,a,,,,,g,.,,,s ,.y,,,,,.
w '"u pVp"'"' "','N" va 49,
ity o. hgure At inc ume OF tho bEypuhu
campaign. and also. OF course, az Lodi
| where no gained tho title OF lie Petit
| r-an,,ni he was slight and extremely
| ~. ~, ,or,t,tart,,, not an ht, to,t,.
H'", uu' I'VE -' ", US
ped nus physician, NhtomulaIVhl' louhu MS
measurement TO be feet dM Inches. be
could hardly be consdcrcd very doaclent
| in ataturc In the prin,o Of life no mug,
ha,,, -, a,,,,,.a.I,,,i, ts,,,r ma n,,,,, M
"1'' IN h Xxx $500 49, 1"N' W. u''
| square pnuutuors' pfosu eheS'' ana com
| handing bearing, looked, no doubt, cN-
tromoly well on horaohaek THIS is The
more easy t. believe when II "a known
| that tho gh0rtnesa OF his ngura waa due
entirely to the lack OF proportion OF his
| lower iimbg lis torso Wuh That OF a falr.
| ly tain man.
Whatever disadvantages as a rldor he do.
| rlved from the shartness OF his leEs. how.
| ever must have been conslleribiy in.
| crea6cd by hla manner Of sitting MS horse
Ito not only rode with o short stlrrnp. hu,
| his saddle was made very Wide and very
aat on Ion az comfortable as an armohair
| but also very Insecure.
on tho latter point there are abundan,
nroofs for thourh thoro docs nof 1utaar
| 10 he any detailed account Of Nanoieon'a
numerous Academic. yet from casual read
ing OF various episodes ono mirht count 1tp
a surprising uulaheg Of times that he had
| failon from his horse.
ono OF Napoloon'n falls ouch, TO be rather
interesting 10 the amateurs OF brcmonitions
| and augtrlos. for ii occurred In that mo.
mentous passage Of the Ruhleon-or. rathor
| Ia this case. the Nlemen-whioh was the
prelude to the downfall OF his Empire.
NJ scgur, In his "Histolre do la Grands
| Arrnoe, /" mentions that II was at o'cioch
! in the morning that Napoleon "fecnnnol,
tered the Russian River. without diaguis-
/ ing himself, as has been falsely assorted
hut under cover nf the night crossing ths
| frontier which. Ave months afterward, Id
was only enabled to repass andcr cover