The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-04-08
THE LAMBERTVILLE RECORD
WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 8, 1903.
A HORSE IN BATTLE
HOW HE FEELS WHEN IN THE MIDST
OF A FIERCE ONSLAUGHT.

A Writer of Horse stories Describes
the Experiences of an Arab Char
Rer In the Ranks of stuarts Cav
alry-The GaIIOp to Battle.
Probably no one will ever know just
how horse feels when going into bat
tie There Is no way of finding out.
So IL is likely that no one Will dispute
the correctness of the description which
Sewell Ford gives in Horses Nine"
published by Scribners.
The horse In question Is Pasha, n
half blood Arab hunter that has been
pressed into service In Stuarts Black
Horse cavalry. The story runs:
Early the next morning Pasha was
awakened by the distant growl OF
heavy guns. BY daylight he was on
the move. thousands OF other horses
with him. Nearer and nearer they
rode to the place where the guns We're
growing. Sometimes they were on
roads,, sometimes they crossed fields
and again they plunged into the woods
where the low branches struck ones
eyes and scratched ones TANKS At
last they broke clear OF the trees TO
come suddenly upon such Il scene as
Pasha had never before witnessed.
Far across the open field he could
see troop on troop Of horses coming to
ward him They seemed to be pour
ing over the crest OF n low hill. as II
driven onward by some unseen force
behind. Instantly Pasha heard. rising
from the throats OF thousands OF rid
ers on either side and behind him. that
fierce. wild yell which he had come TO
know meant the approach OF trouble.
High and shrill and menaeing 1t rang
as 1t was taken up and repeated by
those in the rear. Next the bugIes be-
gan to sound, and In quick obedience
the horses formed In line just on the
edge OF the woods line which stretch
ed and stretched on either flank until
one could hardly see where 1t ended
From the distant line came no an
swerlng cry. but Pasha could hear the
bngles blowing. and he could see the
fronts nasslng Then came the order
10 charge al gaiiop. This set pasha
10 tuggiug eagerly at the bit but for
What reason be did not know. lie
knew 0uly that be WIS part OF great
add saIld lie Of men AID horses sweep
lug fErlousiF scross q Geld toward that
other HDs hieh be had seen pouring
ever the til crest
He could carcely see AT all DOW
Tie thousands o. boots had raised a
cloud q dust that lot only enYeloped
lie On rushing line. but rolled before
+ Nor could Pasha bear anything
save Tie thunderous thud Of many
feet Even the sbrieklng of the shells
vas drowned. But for the restraining
bit Fazha would have leaped forward
and cleared the line. Never had be
been 80 stirred The inherited mem.
CRY Ct countless desert raids made by
his Arab ancestors was doing It's
work For what seemed a long time
this continued, and then in the midst
Of the blind and frenzied race there
doomed out Of the thick air as If IL had
appeared by magic. the opposing line.
Pasha caught a glimpse OF something
tossing heads and of foam whltened
necks and shoulders. Here and there
,sLo.s,s.ad rod aistnudad nostriiS and
suaiHing eyes. Bending above was an
other woll-a wall OF dusty blue coats,
OF grim faces and OF dust powdered
hats. Brlstling above all was threat
eniug crest OF waving blades.
What would happen when the lines
met? Almost before the query was
thought there came the answer. With
an earth Jarring crash they came to-
gether The lines wavered back from
the shock OF Impact. and then the
whole struggle appeared TO Pasha TO
center about him. or course this was
not 50. But It was a fact that the most
conspicuous figure In either line had
been that OF the cream white charger
In the very center OF the Black Horse
regiment