Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-13
NAPoLEoN's WAREHOUSES;.
Things Not Generally Known About Ma
rengo and Others.

Things Not Generally Known About Ma
rengo and Others.
The most celebrated warhorso of the
present century is unquestionably Napo-
Icons Marengo In view Of the many
hundred biographies Of the great captain,
II is certainly surprising that so little
should be known with any degree Of Ger
tainty concerning this world famous
charger.
TO IN American visitor to the dethroned
Bonaparte at Chiselhurst In June, 1872,
Louis Napoleon, in conversation about
his own horses and the war steeds Of the
most illustrious of modern soldiers, said:
1.-THE emperor's favorite charger was
Marengo, an Arab Of good size and style
and almost white. He rode him In his
last battle Of Mount St. Jean, where Ma
rengo received his seventh wound. once
mounted him when youth and but a
short time before the steed died at the age
of 80. Another favorite warhorse was
named Maria and was used by the emper-
or in many Of his hundred battles. Her
skeleton is now to be seen in the ancient
castle of 1vcnach on the Rhine, the prop
crty Of the Won Plesscn family. OF the
other 60 or 40 horses owned by Napoleon
and used In battle, perhaps the most ia
nous were All, Austorlitz, Styrie and
Jafra. He had ~ chargers killed under
him."
The American visitor might have added,
but did not, that Marshal Butcher had 90
shot in battle, while Generals Custer and
Forrest are believed to have each lost al
most as many in the brief period Of four
years Maria, or Marie, is thus described
by Victor Hugo in the words of French
veteran:
"On the day when Napoleon gave me
the cross I noticed his beast. II had its
ears very far apart, deep saddle, fine
head, marked with a black star n very
long neck, prominent knees, projecting
TANKS, oblique shoulders and strong
crupper. She was little above 15 hands
high"
The Hon. Francis Lawley Of London
possesses the picture of white Arab stall
lion, the history Of which Is well known,
with the inscription In French, "Ali, bat
tie charger of Napoleon" He was cap
turcd from the mamelukos and presented
to the great captain. On Napoleon S down
fall French gentleman purchased Jaffa
and Marongo and conveyed them 10 his
etsate in England. The tombstone Of the
former is to DO seen at Glastonbury in
Kent with this inscription: "Under this
stone lies Jatfa, the celebrated charger OF
Napoleon"
The last trumpet call sounded for Ma.
rengo in September, 1929, just as he had
completed 36 years. After his death his
bones received an honorable place in the
Military institute, as already mentioned.
Another souvenir of the famous steed is
one of the hoofs made into snuifbox,
which makes its daily round after dinner
at the Queens guard, in st. James palace,
London. On the silver lid is the legend:
"Hoof of Marengo, barb charger OF Eapo-
leon, ridden by him at Marengo, Auster-
htz, jena, Wagram, in the Russian cam
| paign and at Waterloo, and round the sill
yer shoe the legend continues, "Manngo
was wounded in the rear hip at Waterloo,
when his great master was on him in the
hollow road in advance Of the French 20
sition. He had been frequently wounded
before in other battles. Our Animal
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