The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-22

The course was laid along the Car
rolton shell road. The hero of Vicks-
burg and the Obscure colonel plunged
along the highway neck and neck
Neithe- seemed to be gaining when they
turned sharp bend in the road A
railroad train was then crossing in
front Of the racers. and its whistle
sounded the warning. Charlie"
swerved from the course to avoid tho
coliision' Before the general could
prevent 1t, he sailed over the head
OF the horse and landed in the road
way. He was confined to his bed for
several weeks. and IL was many months
before he fully recovered While
Grant lay in bed. the battle OF Chick
amauga was fought Military authori-
ties claim that II Grant had been able
to go to Chickamauga the battle would
nave been victory for the Union in
stead of defeat
General Lees Love for sTravclIer.,
General Robert L. Lee was equally
as good horseman as Grant Those
who remember them both in the saddle
believe that the Southern general was
even better rider. The Confederate
commander always owned beautiful
horses. Some OF them We're not costly
dt the TIME Oh Dut tneS were
priceless under his sklful horseman-
ship.
General Lee paid but 5000 for his
historic battle charger Traveller.
AT the opening of the war. the iron
gray was owned by Major Broun. who
had bought him for *175. and named
him JEFF Davis" 1t is a coincidence
that the two great military masters
Lee and Grant. had horses with the
same name. The gray had been re-
peatedly offered to Lee as gift, only
to be refused. Finally, he agreed TO
purchase 1t. He Immediately rechris-
tened the horse. and gave It the name
which sin has become indelihly link
ed with the general-"Travcler"
When Lee bought the horse it was
five years old. He was sixteen hands
high. with a deep chest. short back.
strong launches. fiat legs, small head.
quick eyes. broad forehead. and small
feet. His color was iron gray. with
black points, long flowing name. and
longer tall His easy. rapid step
easily carried Lees weight on all the
long. hard campaigns of the war at
five and six miles an hour.
The saddle was hardly once taken
from the sturdy back OF Traveller"
during those heart breaking days from
the Rapidan to the James. when the
Federal army closed in upon the Con-
federate capital in 1864. 1t was this
faithful four-footed warrior that car
ried the saddened general to the sur
render at AppomattoX. and thence to
Richmond In the hills OF Rockbridgc
county, when Lee was president OF
Washington and Lee University, the
two were inseparable comrades. When
Lee died, and the funeral cortege was
vending it's way TO the last resting
place, Traveller" in all his war-trap-
pings. paced behind the hearsc with
bowed head. as though his equine
Intelligence told him that his beloved
master had left him forever
"Lucky Long" Lost and Found Again
Second to Traveller" In Lees affec-
ton was Lucky Long" General "Jeb"
stuart, the dashing cavalier of the
CIVIL War. discovered the mare in the
Nirsinian hills and bought her. Then
he presented the mare to Lee his warm
friend and idol. For two years, Lucky
Long alternated with traveller" In
the hardships of battle and campaign,
but finally broke down under the ter
rife strain, and was sent to pasture
to recuperetc. Just prior to the eva
cuation of Richmond. in 1865 she was
recalled for service. Through care
lessness, the mare became listed with
some public horses and was sent to
DanVille, and Lee lost all trace of his
faithful mare. An unremittlng search
was continued for Lucky Long for
two years, when She was found and i'm
nedately sent to Lexington to pass
her last days with her comrade- war
riors--Lce and traveller" At the
age of thirty three years son OF the
general mercifully chloroformcd the
aged warhorsc of the Army of Northern
Virginia.
"Bhldy" Fought !ieroicaIiy In Ton Great
Battles.
In the rooms of the George G. Meade
Post OF the G. ~ r.. In Philadelphia,
Is oe of the H. 1 unique and cherished
relics of the great Civil War. Ii is
an ebony SHIELD on which is mounted
the head and fore-h oofs of General
Meade's famous warhorse Badly"
"Baldy's" war record is remarkable
He bore his distinguished master
through ten of the hardest fought
battles OF the great war At the FIRST
battle of Bul! Run he was wounded
twice. and at the battle of Antientam
the horse was left on the field for dead
later to be discovered grazing on tire
bloodiest battlefield of the war with
fearful wound In his neck. AT Gettys-
burg. where Meade was commanding
general of the Federals Badly" re.
ceived his most grievous wound dur
Ing the second days struggle from
bullet entering between the ribs and