The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-18

cause the Cossaelx made his journey with one horse-the same horse he started with ending the journey. The horse. like its rider. was of the ordi- nary Cossaek breed. It was foaled in
 Siberia, and was purchased for 150 ru- bles, or about $50 in our money. It
 was 13 years old, and of light gray color. In height and weight it cores bonded with a fair-sized American ] ''cayuse" of the Western plains. It had the cayuse capacity for short feeds and minimum water suply. The anil nal was fed only on oats and hay. It carried, including it's rider, saddle,
 blankets and harness, a total of about
 172 pounds. , The appetite of the beast increased with the distance travelled. At the
 start it required pounds of oats and 14 pounds of hay a day to keep it up,
 and for water it took the snow along
 side the road, as well or spring water
 was not obtainable. When two-thirds
 Of the journey was completed the horse
 was eating 30 pounds of oats and If pounds of hay each day. An English
 or American horse, aside from the
 plains breed of the latter country would , have surrendered quickly. The West ern American horse has made some wonderful long distance journeys in
 quick time. During Clusters campaign
 of 1876. which ended in the massacre on
 the Rosebud. some of the scouts for
 the army covered 1S0 to 2S0 miles in , 3S hours on three feeds and three chances to water for their horses. In Grierson's wild ride during the Civil War to cut the Confederate lines, the
 ride which eventually gave birth to
 Sherman's march to the sea. one
 Chicago cavalryman was in the saddle
 for ITO miles and that without dis
 mounting. He lives now as mail car-
 rier for the Post office.
 i One November day in the Goose
 River County of Dakota a cowboy
 named Iverson was called to a ranch cured for his employers daughter, who
 had been taken suddenly i'll with
 croup. The nearest doctor was SS : miles away, the temperature was IS
 degres below, the wind was scurrying l the STOW of the prairies in every direction. On the trail there were only two stopping places where fresh !, horses might be secured. Iverson made 1 the round trip in 10 hours, killing two 1 horses. and during the last five miles l homeward bound carrying the doctor on his own weary beast. The child s | life was saved by his proInptness.
 ! In the last Custer campaign in Vir- l ginia, just before the surrender of Lee l courier of the Union forces carrying 1 information as to where custer might ! earliest strike the Confederate wagon
 supplies made a complete circuit of Lees army and reached his superior officer in time to have the information
 of value. With two horses he rode 16s
 miles in Il hours. This is a fai1 leverage to place against the Cossack' $ i Journey from the Orient to St Peters l burg, 1t is said in French dispatches that the courier who carried from Port kArthur the final news of coming sur
 render to Gen. Kuropatkin at Mukder
 walked, crept, swam and rode in the
 saddle $50 miles in 60 hours This is mot impossible. When it come to riding Ealnnst everything depends upon tht horse: little on the man, if he be 3 Imam. Chicago Evening Post. t.;s ts,