The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-01
THE TIMES D1sPATcH RICHMOND VA, SUNDAY MAY L. 1910

n iuii Ituel. VIC DadlY need n ne WlHO
"hich would consider them.
strnbo.
Not that this matter of diet Is MOI
of Importance History tells us that
the famous Sixth Legion won all Its
4 great Victories In Britain OF, oatmeal
eruell Havelock has testified to the
immense value Of tea to Ensllshmen In
4 the indian Mutiny. especially In forced
marches,
"Ai1 uhdisested pic altered tho whole
map Of Europe" we are told. eaten by
Napoleon
And strabo says somewhere that
Onions and lent,is were the builders
of the Pyramids" If the meat trust
continues TO enslave the whole Anleri-
can people In order that a dozen men
or more may become billionaires, what
can prevent our becoming a nation of
pgmies, like the Japanese. unless it
be buttermilk and co:n bread? Bacon
Is meat for our masters the trust.
1t Is but fly on buffalo (thc Amcri-
can people) that trust, and some day
he will shake 1t off and gallon across
his native land in noble style to the
Amusement of the billionaires.
Beware OF the wrath OF the patient
man." the Arabs say, and no people
are so long suffering as ours, until
they are aroused-when the fur is apt
TO hy.
Roosevelt.
Our former President has certainly
shown himself mighty hunter, and
son of Esau, in the Wilderness. Perhaps
he will be accompanied in battle in our
next war, as the Egyptian monarchs
were, by tame Hon. now that he isl
King of Porto N1aurizio! The Italians
doubtless are pouring out on him the
very real and deep gratitude that they
feel toward the American people for
hat, ca mot I,,-a ~
Messina calamity "a friend in need,
is friend indeed" But Colonel
Roosevelts hunting exploits. notable
as they were (hs passion for them he
probably owes to his Southern ances-
try on the spindle side). have not yet
eaualed those of the Egyptian Pha-
raoh. Anunoph III, whose tablet
boasts that he had brought down by
bow and spear In one battle, one hun
dred and twenty lions in Ethiopia"
II Perhaps his battle was like the roy
al pageon- shooting at Hurlinghame
in our day, matter of nice arrange
ment. in swelling the princes bags as
much as possible.
Some of our good Southern shots,
who have gone hunting in England
have been so disconnected by being
set in a line with a number of other
! sportsmer and expected to shoot
straight In front of them, and not to
the right, or to the left at all, as to
bring home nearly empty bags
whereas. at home on their own plan
tations they invariably bulged de-
! lightfully. with deer or two tied to
i their saddle-bow beside. Southern
h men are fine shots. as rule and ride
II superbly--as anybody can testify who
has seen them in the saddle 1t is no
wonder that in Texas a man without
a horse Is considered only half a man,
and that his horse is by law, exempt
from taxation or seizure. Those vast
i prairies stretching for hundreds Of
miles north and south and cast and
west have made him very DEPENDENT
on his horse, and they almost live in
the saddle out there, which accounts
for their really wonderful horseman-
ship. They are the equal of the
Mamclukes and Cossacks, and neither
have any superiors. have heard that
a Confederate general officer was once
looking through his field glasses at a
charge OF the Eighth Texas in battle,
and he exclaimed: Look. look, That
Is magnificent. Murat never more than
matched It,"
General Simon Buckncr.
The Confederate army boosted ,many
a dashing. perfect horseman, but Cen
eral Buckner was man ito witch
the world" with his Kentucky thor
oughbred. AT the New York Centcn-
NAL he was a conspicuous figure, and
i amid q. perfect roar from the multi
tudes, with bands, drums. trumpets
adding to the racket, and people
thronging on every side. getting un-
| der his horses feet, poking unlbrel-
| las under his eyes, and caroming into
his TANKS General Buckner showed
himself a superb horsenan and master
OF his beautiful steed. exciting gem
q eral admiration. Poor Governor Hill
a rode like a flneal-sack and had a man
: on each side holding his bride rein,
n and making sure that he didn't tum-
: bic off. The Green Mountain Infantry,
a though, a thousand strong, each with
: a sprig of fir In his bonnet Ca regular
Scotch bonnet 1t was), were very :inc
specimens of Northern manhood and
marched like veterans. There was a
i big. raw-boned Texan near us. who on
= seeing Governor Hill, cried OF
whats the matter? Is he ill.," and
1 on being told the truth. he cried out
o Cant ride? Good Lord. He's afflicted
: never heard Of a man who couldn't
: | ride!" From head to tail a Texas boy
e rides, not only on any horse, but all
e over it!
: In the German Army.
$, The cavalry exercises in the kaisers
: army are something renarkable; their
: dizzy route along the edge of prec-
!, pieces, their sheer descent into valleys,
q down ravines, that make you wonder
e how fly could make it: their feats
q In leapng, jumping, running; their
) swords play. are all most interesting.
e 1t is really delightful, though. to
a watch the horses playing football In
/ Canadian regiment Of horse. They
'e are ranged in opposite files by the Of
~ ficers, who direct their movements,
~ but never touch the perfectly huge bail
:, - in the middle of the parade ground,
and they go larklng, and snorting and
: dancing into the game, like so many
school boys. Indeed, they thoroughly
enjoy 1t. and NOPE distinctly when LETT
out, They use al! four feet when the
, ball is in play, turning right, left,
around with great swiftness. and they
ara nerfectlv ohedient to snllr. Whin.