The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-07
Famous Long Rides
Necor's OF Americans in the Saddle Are Second to N

V 'loLn eastern adVlceS it appears tina
! Ihe RUSSIAN COssacks have done NOR
q IMAM the artillery to keep up the repu
, tatlon of the Slay army as to its Dowe
. or endurance under adverse circum
stances.
But this is not the particular point
OF this story. The Cossack is really
70 the eastern world what Clusters
men, Morgan's, Kilpatrick's, and
RooSeYelts have been to the western
armleS-the men who could sit the
saddle, saber and shoot, starve and
swim, be all or nothing for the glory
Oh quick action in time of trouble
AS TO the proof of this here is the
story OF Dmetree Pjeshkoff, a Siberian
CoSSack, who rode from Blagoyeiecb-
enSk, eastern Siberia, to st. Peters.
Ourg. He surpassed Burnaby, who
RODE 10 khiYa, and Asayeff, who made
the hard ride from Lubeen, Poland. to
| Paris.
BIagovejechensk is a Cossack sta.
ZION on the Amur in latitude so de-
sreeS north, longitude 127 degrees
east and the distance to be covered
10 me Russian capital 5000 versts. or
5,4OO English miles.
IN l13 days out from his starting
point Pjeshkoff was at Omsk. havine
accomplished 1900 versts, or nearly
$500 miles, of his journey. In III
days he was in St. Petersburg, having
made an average of thirty miles :
Jay IN the saddle, from the start,
An average of this character re-.
Qulres remarkable physical and nerve
endurance. 1t also requires fine iudg-
ment as to forage for beasts and Sis.
tenahce for the rider-calculations as
TO weather, temperature changes, wa.
ter supply and kindred things that 90
III with steady and long ride.
Inc nero Of this remarkable feat a {
nan OF some education, was command.
II OF hundred in one of the Cossacl I
eglments, stationed on the Amur and !
LAD 10 obtain leave of absence to show
wat he could do on a long-distance
lde with horse. i,
But the feat became more remark Il
Die because the COssack made his &
ourney with one horse-the same y
ofse he started with ending the iour- W
ey' Inc horse, like its rider, was of h
le ordinary Cossack breed. It was, tc
orn IN Siberia, and was purchased st
II loO rubleS, or about $50 in our F.
oney 1t was 10 years old, and of NJ
Sht gray color. In height and weight di
correspondent with a fair-sized Ii
merlcan "cayuse" of the western pi
aims. 1t had the "cayuse" capactty ~
7 snort feeds and minimum water
pply. ""'e' ~
inc animal was fed only on oats H
ii nay. 1t carried, including its rid. 4
saddle blankets and harness, a
Ial weight OF about 172 pounds,
LIE appetite of the beast increased
IN the distance travelled. AT tho
'rt 1t required eight pounds of oats N
u lourIeen pounds Of hay day TO
ep 1t up and for water it took tho F..
wv alongside the road as we'll or -; ~
ing water was not obtainabIe IL
"hen two-thirds of the Journey wac
npIeted the horse was eating thirtv 900
1lluS OF oats and fourteen pounds If wv wv
each day. An English or an INC NC
lerlcan morse, aside from the plains, nn
ea OF the latter country, would t w.
,e surrendered quickly. 'oli
ne western American horse bas l l'e'
ue some wonderful long-distanco g
rneys IN quick time. During Cno, =, -
S campaign of 1876, which ended in ' Dall
massacre on the Rosebud Soma 80 ,-''i
scouts for the army covered 7So ' .ei L
@oo miles in forty-eight hours on t uIlo
'e reeds and three chances TO va. W., ,,o'
for their horses. wa 'he
Grlersons wild ride during tho cav. q
war 10 cut the confederate Iiros ~ ~, .
rae which eventually gave birtb 90
ohermans march to the sea ono COZ =
,aso eavalryman was in the saddle Germ
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mo Hands, But Threads Needles
uflhs her babyhood Emma Io,, g.
utation ro5o Oo'n nands by cred
u'd'Ion' made necessary by NEGRO. savo
u the wrist bones. The little misc ~ 80
exceedingly bright child, an or the ,
|, ana Notwithstanding her physi- mon '
disability. can write a beautifni ,le ca.
and work examples in arithme. ao, uat
she can thread needle almost N0 O.,
ulckly as anyone, and sevs vol ..,s nu'
MS coupled with her cheerful dis. oros
lon' makes her fayorite with bee en
VINO know her.-Pulaski CORE hos
ience Nashville Banner. A'l ",