The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-16
GOOD WORD FOR STATUES.
Equestrians Only Sort That Do Justice
to War Heroes, Jerseyman Says.

70 war heroes, JeISeyman says
"To an old soldier it looks good to
see our great generals honored with
equestrian statues here in Washington,
said Sam d. Hendrickson of New Jer-
sey. 'Whle in the field we soldier boys
admired them on horsej and nearly
every general OF the Civil war was ae-
complished in the art of looking well
on horseback and in training a horse
in the way he should 90, gallop, or
stand still Everyone has read how
fond General Grant was of horses, and
he prded himself on his ability to pick
a good steed. He had learned the horse
thoroughly as a lad in Ohio, and his old
uncle Sammy Simpson taught the lad
how to handle horses and how not to
be stung in trade.
Every soon after Grant was a pop
ular general in the Civil war the news
papers had much to say about his love
for horses and at once every city and
village wanted to present him with
steed The first one came from Gin
cinnati, and was called in honor of the
Queen city. 1t was presented by the
citizens as a gift from the city, and
was ridden by Grant through many of
his subsequent campaigns When this
horse grew old and broken he was sent
to the Grant relatives in Clermont
county, Ohio, for recuperation. Oddly
enough, one of General Grants horses
in the Virginia campaign was called jeff
Davis, and the soldier lads seemed to
enjoy pointing out horse bearing the
name Of the Confederate president. One
other horse very familiar to the boys in
the army of the Potomac was one called
Egypt because he was so black, and
General Grant had Egypt with him in
Washington after the fall Of Richmond
"Nor was General Grant the only one
who had horses that were given UNI
usual notice during the war General
Sheridan was even more devoted to
horses than Grant. His best known ami
mails were called Rienzi and Breekin-
ridge. The latter was captured from
the General Breckenridge command, and
was big gray PAGER. The Rienzi horse
was the one on which General Sheri-
dan made his famous ride from Vim
chester to Cedar Creek and was re-
named Winchester after the ride had
uttH ulhNie q pdlL VI thS HhhAoH ms
tory. Winchester was Jet black, save
that he had three white feet, and the
soldiers in the Sheridan command had
great affection for the horse, especially
after the twenty-five mile gallop so cele.
brated in Buchanan Reeds poem. This
horse lived until 1873 and was given
much care by Sheridan
''The federal soldiers who were at the
Appomattox surrender recall the big gray
horse ridden by General Lee when he
came to arrange terms with General
Grant. This Lee horse was called Irav
eer and was a familiar figure to the
Confederate soldiers during the Virginia
campaign that ended in the surrender
General George Meade, on the Union
side, would never use any horse unless
It was dark brown in color. and would
decline the preferred gift Of any steed
that did not have that hue.
rs it any wonder that an old soldier
likes to tell about war horses, and you
recall that the horse in war has ever
been given much attention by the poets
and even the historians.
"Our old friend job, in the Bible, had
much to say Of the horse and Maeau
lay, with other historians, has had much
to tell us of the horse in
war time, and with all the craze over
automobiles and airships the horse will
hold his own when it comes to war. -
Washington Post.