New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
OFF HIS PERCH.
THE PASSING THRONG.

In a hunting community not far from this city
there is a of OF the members who seems
destined TO throw famous leg
PLUCKY the pigskin That is. it will
RIDER. IF be famous If the recklessness OF
HE IS it's owner permits it to TO
YOUNG maturity. His courage is Of the
first water, his without limit,
but he is only eleven, and his discretion leaves
something to be desired once the ardor Of the
chase IS him, his father says, he will put his
gee" at anything in his path. even if 1t should
happen TO be church. He has until recently rid
work that the attention Of the master Of fox hounds
was attracted an and he gave the boy recently & Leg
rangey half bred. seventeen and one-half hands
were in the field the master Of fox hounds remen-
bered the hunters pecuiarites of temper, and his
happy but he looked bit lonely and foTorn seated
on the huge horse and the master Of & fox noTaTS
eye on him. After the hounds found. all seemed
forgot his good Intentions as his sporting blood
rose Suddenly he remembered. and looked around
barred ID gate gate The horse refused and up his neck
the ] Sid ~. He grabbed w S ana 6ss ns [1ns Wa
the horse that his head was over the gate ne nad
bar To this he hung. and as the frightened mas
ter of fox hounds rode up he held up his hand n.9
demanded. Il didn't touch ground. WHY. no.
Reggie" said the master OF fox hounds as ne as
ouaisp eught to count fH as "a fall Are you hurt? Not
lead him up e I'll mount from and then won't
have to touch ground He did and was @ IN x at tHe M
his from the best hunter in its stables to the mas
tership of the hounds when he grows up.
Albert steyn. of San Francisco. who formerly
spent some time mining in the Transvaal, In speak
ing yesterday at the Waldorf
BoER FIGHT Astoria Of the present aspect of
ING LIKE the struggle between Boer and
INDIAN Briton, said: 81 do not think that
the Boer resistance ever again
be serious factor By that mean that there can
be no real danger of his actually overcoming the
English and again securing possession of any part
of the territory that has been wrested from him.
At the time he will make 1t exceedingly un-
S f5 asTone ueF LIE IN the Transvsa until
all the Boer commanders are either externlnated
the guerilla system OF warfare that he has now
sistance to the English the Boer is at his Very best
like American Indian he well understands now
bag of dried beef tied to the pommel his saddle,
his cartridges in the belt about his waist ms riie me
saddle complete mis- equipment and render him ready
for the en he cam t White # his horse ean @
his subsistence from the xeldt the little saddebag
way Of subsistence. How can Tommy Atkins hope
TO cope with him at anything like eyens! he cant IL
shooting the Boer simply has him hon6ied i,i hanas
the Dutchmen have to take advantage Of any
In this they are like Indians they can lie closer
to the earth than any men | ever saw, and can
render themselves safe in country, where Tommy
Atkins cannot find cover OF any Kind
Then. again. the Beers operating in a terri
tory in which they know every ford and short
cut continued the speaker. ''Ev-
ENGLISH cry mountainside path and safe
SLOW retreat is known to them. and this
TO LEARN II is that enables them TO sweep
down. strike a damaging blow and
get safely away before their adversaries get back
their wits and are able make effective retort
Friends write me from South Africa that the Brit
ish soldiers yield nothing in bravery to those OF
any other race but that they are the sloWest set
to learn in the world The defeats they have en-
dured and the traps they have walked into seem
10 have taught them nothing, and the nethodS
they employing to fight the Beers to-day are
the same that they used at the beginning OF the
struggle course, they'll utterly crush the Beers
In the end. If only by sheer force OF nunbers anu
lead but the expense is awful. and the farseetng
men of England must shudder when they count tho
cost of the South African war and turn from the
arms may portend In the future. In my opinion
ii will be a long time yet before the last OF the
guerilla Beers gathered in and in the mean
time the whole of South Africa will be kept In
greater or less state OF terInent -,
'Bobs's' return and Kitcheners elevation TO the
command there do not believe will help England
Kitchener came within Of getting licked IN
the struggle with the Khalifa, and he only won
the title of Lord Kitchener OF Khartoum by the
very skin of his teeth 1t is different proposition
solved in the Soudan, and l very much doubt that
what he learned in his contest with the khalifas
forces will prove of much value in his campaign
against Dom Pauis soldiers IT is still Yexatious
complete solution does not yet at hand"
4 GOOD WORD FOR THE CARTOONS.