The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-26
------------A--.-------- FAMOUS WAR HORSE.

Black Prince of Old Kentucky-The
 Notable Service and Final Reward of Remarkable Animal.
 In a secluded valley about midway between Dalton and Ringgold there is a
 grassy mound, marked by a rough
 stone, on which is rudely chiseled the
 name and date of burial of the swiftest
 charger in the western army of the con- federacy. It is the last resting place of Black Prince, @ thoroughbred, owned
 and ridden by confederate major for two years. The grave was dug by Johnstone's troopers in the winter of 1S63-64, and the name was picked out with the point of a bayonet.
 Black Prince was a Kentucky thor oughbred with a coat as black and glossy as a ravens wing, a white star in his face, clean-limbed, and with all the points that marked noble pedi-
 gree. He was a descendant of an Arab stallion imported several years before the war, and short time prior to his entry into the army he won five thousand dollars on a race at Lexing- ton, and was regarded as one of the f1eetest horses on the track. But he
 was high-spirited and his intractabili- ty bordered on the vicious, which les- tened the admiration which his other qualities would have won for him among racing men. It was almost im- possible for the jockey to control him, and under the excitement of close race he had way of taking the bit be- tween his teeth and running at his own sweet will. His master was an invete- rate gambler, and, getting into fnan- cial straits sold the horse to a farmer for a good deal less than his real value. It was not long after that, in the fall of 1862, that the farmer decided to dis pose of him to the confederate army, which was then operating in the west. A young major, who was a skilled rider, saw the horse and took fancy to him. He finally paid three hundred and fifty dollars in gold for the horse. This sum amounted to a good deal in those days of doubtful currency, but the ma jor belonged to a regiment of volun- teers, the very elite of middle Georgia planters, and he took great pride in being well mounted.
 q don't wish to deceive you," said the farmer; that horse has got the very old Satan in him, and if you are not CdT6lul ne Will DFGdh your HeCh tillu HIS own, too, before you have had him a month. That is my only reason for parting with him; he is so high strung and iutractable that he is unfit for work about the plantation.
 q have never seen the horse yet that I couldn't manage" replied the major, land I am willing to assume all risks"
 At first the horse was hard to man. age, as he had been spoiled by ignorant farm-hands, but in less than a month the major had him as docile and obedi- ent to the touch of the rein as any horse in the entire command. His ex- citability required that the rider should keep a close watch on him during a fight, but the major soon learned all his ways, and humored and petted him until the animal would follow him about the camp like an affectionate dog, and the bond of sympathy exist ing between horse and rider grew stronger after they had gone through many close places together.
 One day the major rode out all alone to reconnoiter, and becoming abstract ed, forgot where he was going, until suddenly, riding out into a little clear ing, he found that he had wandered within full view of the federal camp. which was nearer to him than his own