Arizona republican., 1899-01-31

Austrian noblemen likewise formed part of the staff, Count Ladislas Szeeg- yeny, near relative of the Austro- Hungarian ambassador at Berlin, be- ing bookkeeper, while the office of DOT. ter of the hotel was filled by Count Legethtti, formerly an officer of one oi the crack regiments of hussars of the Austrian army.
 Ultimately George Karolyi was per suaded to return to Hungary by his father, cid Count Stephen, who visited this country for the purpose. When last I heard of Count George he was living with his actress wife in a castle in one of the most remote portions of his fathers estates, by no means relishing the ostracism to which provincial so- ciety subjected him.
 
 With regard to the highly-prized or der known as the Victoria Cross, con- ferred the other day by Qeen Victoria upon young Lieutenant de Montmor- ency in connection with his services in the Soudan, it now appears that he was recommended by Lord Kitchener for the decoration in question, not only for recovering the body of his brother off cer, Grenfell, from the dervishes in the magnificent charge of the Twenty-first Lancers, but for going into the enemy S lines, the day before the battle of Om- durman, disguised as an Arab peddler and finding out all their plans.
 He undertook this perilous mission in spite of Lord Kitchener's waTnin g that he was taking his life into his own hands. and there is no doubt, judging by the treatment witch the Mahdi ac- corded to other people suspected Of being in league with the enemy, that the young officer would have been crd- cifed, CT else put to death with some other horrible form of torture had he been discovered.
 He is singularIy swarthy, and pos sesses the sharp features and high cheek bones of the Arab, added to which he acquired remarkable knowl- edge of the Arab language while at tached to the staff of his father, Lord Frankfort de Montmorency when the latter was in command of the British troops at Alexandria. Thanks to this he escaped with his life
 may add that owing to his regi- mental horse having received severe in jury the day before the battle, he went into action and took part ip the charge of his regiment mounted on his poio pony. It is probably owing to this cir cumstance that he came unhulIt out of this charge of 300 men int1 a force of several thousand dervishes For polo ponies acquire in. the polo field the most extraordinary and well nigh in credible keenness of perception and quickness of twisting, turning, back ing and swerving.
 In fact, young de Montmorency's polo pony displayed such magnificent qualities in that memorable charge as to give rise to discussion in military circles whether it would not be well either to give all cavalry horses, as far as possible, a polo training, or failing that, to mount British cavalry upon polo ponies when dealing with Hncivi- liZed races.
 It must be borne in mind that the wars of Russia, of Germany and of France have shown repeatedly and con- that the most efficient light cavalry are the Cossacks, the C-asseurs d Afrique, and the Uhlans, all three of which corps are mounted upon ponies rather than horses. ponies in fact have much in common with the polo pony Marquise de Fontsnoy in Washington Post