The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-07-17


years since, ste. the president, out of
gratitude for the faithful service of
the beast, gave him decent burial on
Sycamore hill. Doubtless some day
the president will erect over Texas
remains monument on which will .be
inscribed fitting words.
Gen. Robert f. Lee, like nearly
all the Lees, was not only splendid
figure on horse, but fine horseman
ana good judge of horse When
a young man, and in middle life, he
liked dash Of thoroughbred in his
mounts His father, the celebrated
Light Horse Harry' of the Revolu
tlonary war, was, next to Washington,
the best hOrseman in the continental
army, and the most commanding fig
ure. The Lees of Virginia inherited
their love for the horse and ease,
grace and skill in the saddle from a
long line OF ancestors who had served
their kings in the field 1t was one of
Robt. e. Lees progenitors, Lionel
Lee, who rode to the Crusades with
the lion-hearted Richard, and it is re-
/ lated that the coat of armor worn bv
this Lee can still be seen in the Tow
er OF London. 1t was general Lee s
father who imported into this section
the celebrated Lindsay IS Arabian from
New England. The horse stood in
| IL IISf ~ nf L.,
seasons subsequent to the Revolutions
AIRY wal, and it is a matter of history
that his get were highly priced here
and in Virginia. Washington and
"Light Horse Harry had noticed
during the war that the New England
men were mounted ON horses of un-
usual beauty, strength, courage and
endurance, and learned thar nearly all
were descendants Of horse called
LlndSay'S Arabian. Whether he was
fullblood or not is not known. 1t
was at Washington suggestion that
Henry Lee purchased the stallion.
Purc-bred Arabians are classed in the
stud books as thOrouhbreds and can
be registered as such.
Gen Robert E. Lees favorite war
charger was cob-built gray gelling
called Traveller, probably named after
the celebrated running horse that his
father had once owned which was a
son of the thoroughbred Traveller
The gray gelding was foalcd in West
Virginia, where Gen. Lee discovered
him, and he rode him in every battle
III which he. was engaged from the
siege of Richmond until he surren
dered the Army of Northern Virginia
at Appomattox Court House to Gen
Grant. Traveller survived his master
one or two years, when his life was
cut short by lockiaw, one of his fee
being punctured by rusty nail
While at the head of the Washington
and Lee university at Lexington, Gen
Lee was in the habit Of taking daily
outings on Traveller, and quite fre
quently might be seen riding along
the streets of the town with a little
miss pcrched in front of him on the
saddle bow.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had grea'
fondness for good horse and was ;
prime judge of horscflcsh as was hi:
great antagonist Lee. Dltring the
> Civil War he had many mounts, bu
the horse he liked best and prizc(
most was a small-sized bay gclding
which was taken from the plantation
of Jefferson Davis in Mississippi
while the general was engaged in the
, siege of Vicksburg, and which he
\ named Jeff Davis. Jeff, from thu
date of ownership, was the general.
, constant companion. He"rode him OF
; nearly all the stricken fields Of thu
, Southwest. The faithful beast car
ried him safely through the morasses
= bogs and entanglements of the Wild
. crness and along the bloody trenches
/ in the region around Spottsylvanif
:, Court House. He witnessed, with hi.
3 master, the terrible slaughter of Col,
, Harbor, where 10000 Federals turn
= ed rigid faces to the sky in upward OF
: one hour; he bore the general acros:
, the James and in front of Petersburg
, he Travelled the long lines for months
, at al hours of day and night. Whel
: the end came, he shared his MASTER:
= triumphs, and if a dumb beast
: through the mercy Of God, be permit
tod to th;nl, ne wo1l nc fnnl shared