The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-03
A HORSE IN BATTLE
HOW Ne FEELS WHEN IN IAe Mtosr
m OF A FIERCE ONSLAUGHT.

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= siry-The Galisp ts Battle.
Probably no one will ever know Just
how a horse feels when going into bat.
tie. There Is 30 way of finding out.
30 1t 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 rups:
Early the next morning Pasha was
awakened by the distant xrowI 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 were
srowling. Sometimes they were on
foads. sometimes they crossed fields,
and again they plunged into the woods
where the low branches struck ones
eyes and scratched ones tanks. At
Inst they broke clear OF the trees to
come suddenly upon such a scene as
Fasha hsdeRever 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 low hill, as II
driven onward by some unseen force
behind. Instantly Pasha heard, rising
from the throats Of thousands of rid
ere on either side and behind him, that
herte, Wild yell which he had come to
know meant the approach Of trouble.
High and shrill and menacing it rang
~ 1t was taken up and repeated By
those In the rear. Next the bugies be-
gau to sound, and in quick obedience
the horses formed In line just on the
edge OF the woods, n line which stretch
ed and stretched on either flank until
one could hardly see where it ended.
From the distant line came NO an
swering cry, but Pasha could hear the
bugies blowing, and he could see the
fronts massing. Then came the order
to charge Mt q gallop. This set Pasha
to tugging eagerly at the bit, but for
what reason he did not know. He
knew only that he was part Of great
and solid line Of men and horses sweep
ing furiously across a ncld toward that
other line which he had seen pouring
over the hill crest.
He could scarcely see Mt all now.
The thousands Of hoofs had raised
cloud Of dust that not only enveloped
the. on rushing line, but rolled before
II. Nor could Pasha hear anything
save the thunderous thud Of many
feet. Even the shrieking Of the shells
was drowned. But for the restraining
bit Pasha would have leaped forward
and cleared the line. Never had he
been 50 stirred. The inherited mem-
ory Of countless desert raids made by
his Arab ancestors was doing It's
work. For what seemed q long time
this continued, and then in the midst
Of the blind and frenxied race thero
loomed out Of the thick air, as II It had
appeared BY magic, the opposing line.
Pasha caught a glimpse Of something
which seemeds uke@s vh~u~mB wan or
tossing heads and OF foam whitened
necks and shoulders. Here and there
glea med rcd. distcnded nostrils and
straining eyes. BENDING above was nm
other waii-a watl:0f dusty blue coats.
OF grim faces and Of dust powdered
hats. Bristling above all was IA threat
ening 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 wnvered back from
tho shock OF Impact. and then the
whole struggle appeared to Pnsha to
center about him. or course this was
not 50. But II was fact that the most
conspicuous figure In either line hnd
been that Of the cream white charger
In the very center Of the Black Horse