New-York tribune., 1905-04-02

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which was present at the battle Of NIaiwand and
figures conspicuOusIy in Lady Buffers painting
| entitled The Last Stand at Naiwand-" Queen
Victoria had already previously decorated dog
of the name Of Jack. pet Of the Scots Guards.
for saving the life Of a wounded soldier IN the
Crimean War, at the battle Of the Alma, and for
repeating this performance at Inkerman. She
herself affixed the Crimean medal to his col
/ lar when he was presented TO her on his re-
turn to London with his regiment. and another
dog. known as Tiny. belonging to the Army Ser
vice Corps, and wounded in the battle Of Tel
l-Kebir. received the Egyptian medal from the
/ Queen and the Bronze Star from the late Khe-
dive Tiny lived long to enjoy these military
hOnOrs his career being brought to a tragic
close twelve years later. at AldershOt By his
being run over A similar fate overlook Jacob.
the pet goose Of the CoIdstream Guards. which
| joined that regiment in Canada. served with IL
throughout the rebellion. and returned with il
to England, where it became a popular figure
at St. Georges Barracks. in London. by
doing the sentry go' with all the strut and
| Importance Of a full hedged guardsman- 1t is
still to be seen. stuffed. of course. in the guard
house Of St. Georges Barracks. it's neck being
adorned with collar bearing the words. 'Died
! on duty
While on the subject Of those memorials II
may be as well to recall that at Rome one Of the
most picturesque bridges over the Tiber was
| constructed by pontin some hundreds OF years
ago a memorial to the famous geese Of his
tOric renown which are said to have saved the
Capitol by cackIing and thus alarming the gar
| risOn. while at Asnieres. near Paris. there is
splendid monument to one OF the most famous
st. Bernard dogs OF the St. Bernard Hos
pice. In Switzerland. the inscription the
PEDESTAL setting forth that Barry-that was his
| name-had saved the lives Of no less than forty
persons And then. OF course. there is still to be
seen in the Museum Of Cluny. at Paris CIodion's
/ exquisite tomb Of Nine Du Barry's pet canary.
bearing the epitaDh written by Dorat and con-
cluding with the words "Ci git Fiji mort 1772-"
Though the horse enjoys to-day greater i'm
portance than ever from a military point OF
view, yet the exigencies Of modern warfare have
led to a curious development, namely, to the
elimination Of white or of even gray horses
| from service in the field and as the result OF
experience obtained in the early stages Of the
South African campaign the use Of chargers
Of this hue absolutely forbidden during the
remainder Of the conflict even the famous regi-
ment known as the Scots Greys being com
PEELED for the first time in the annals Of the
corps to leave it's gray horses in England when
ordered to the front. The attitude Of the milf
tary authorities in this connection is due to
| the fact that white and gray horses offer too
easy target for the craftsmanship Of the foe
and the Japanese, IN their enormous purchases
Of horses in Australia both Immediately previ-
Gus and subsequent to the outbreak OF the pres
ent war. have declined to buy any that were
white or gray This argument while sensible
runs contrary. however, to the popular sUperstt-
ton. according to which the white horse has
been looked upon by all people and IN nearly
all different epochs as a harbinger Of good fort
une. The poets sang Of him in days of old
typifying him in Pegasus, the pagan priests be-
Ieved in the merits of the white horse when they
sacrificed him as the best and nObIest Of Great
ures to the sun god on his festival day. A tenn
pie was reared by the Romans on the spot in
the Forum where the legendary white horses OF
Castor and PoIlux are said to have slaked their
thirst Roman eOnqUerors were drawn through
the streets Of the Eternal City by horses OF milk
white hue. Nations have marched to victory
under the banner Of the white horse which was
the first heraldIc emblem Of the great Anglo
Saxon race. NapOleon's famous charger Ma
rengO was a white horse. At Berlin and Vienna
none but the reigning sovereigns are permitted
to drive teams Of white horses in the streets OF
the capital. In fact, everywhere in Europe It Is
provided either by etiquette or by statute that
only white horses should be used for drawing
the equipage OF the sovereign on state Occa-
siOns, and every one who has visited the royal
stables at Buckingham Palace, IN London win
recall the milk white HanOverians which King
Edward invariably uses for his state coach when