The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-02-21
FRENcHMA AN PAYS
HIGH TRIBUTE IN
DEFENSE OF HORSE
MUCH APPRECIATED BY ALL
LOVERS OF THE EQUINE
TRIBE.
POPULARITY HORSE BACK RIDING

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Every Conquerina Nation Has Been
Lover Of the Horse--Riding An
Essential to National Preservation
and Considered a Necessary Art
Probably every American has read
Senator Vests tribute to dog. In
the annual report OF the Canadian ma.
tional bureau of breeding an article
entitled "A Defense of the Horse"
written by Albert Surfer, of Paris,
and translated from the French by
K. c. st. Pere, OF Montreal, is wor-
thy of reproduction. While it does
strike the responsive chord that Sen.
ator Vests grafton did, it should be
read by all lovers of the horse,
whether they be of the fancy driv-
ing kind, the thoroughbred or the
trotter:
1T would certainly be a painful
event were horseback riding to dis
appear from the daily amusemen,s Of
the human race. Men considered in
dividually or collectively would re-
gret the abandonment of such lab
it. This sport can trace back it's ORR
gin to the. primitive ages, and one
must realize what hero was the cav
alier who succeeded in training the
first wild horse, which was found
wandering through the immense soil
tude of the quaternary period. Our
primitive ancestors made giant
leap toward the conquest of the world
when he mastered the savage horse.
Men were to work for thousands and
thousands of years before finding
quicker means of transportation than
the one afforded by the most bril-
liant conquest of prehistoric man
''The first conquerer Of the horse
was certainly rated as a god by his
fellow men, and one must suppose,
without tampering at all with the
truth, that the first despot, the first
tyrant who ruled the world was this
astute bipedai. Such a masterful
achievement created numerous enc.
mics to the first horseman, who could
not afterward keep his sovereign
privilege of handling horses exclu.
sively for those of his race. Full of
ambition was this primary humanity
and eager to make a common proper
ty of the horse in order to furnish to
every one the occasion of mastering
its fey instincts.
These were the remote ancestors
of our present cavaliers 1t is with
an emotion we'll defined that a lover
of the horse thinks about those horse
men of the past, who, half naked and
hirsuite, rode their fiery mounts with
out saddles, without bits and without
brides, unable for awhile to direct,
measure and distribute the rebe!ious
strength Of the beast. Then came
the wizard of the bride. He was
certainly the true conqueror OF the
horse. Saddle and strrups are only
Insignificant improvements when
compared with this capital discovery.
A great requisition to the suffering
concert Of civilization the horse be-
came the true companion of nan,
who associated it with his vital ,nd
deadly works.
when conarmated this alliance of
the man and the horse brought the
following result: The latter became
the companion in war of the former
Many are astonished in realizing the
belliicose instincts of cavalry horses.
They straighten up and become fiery
at the sound OF bugles. They under
stand and obey the orders of the COM
handing officers, and all veterans as
sure us that the cavalry horses are
the best instructors of recruits.
when the call of battle is sounded
they grow impatient at inaction. The
charge on the rival battallions shows
all their madness and furore If free
from their riders, who died glorious
death, they ayenge them on the spot
by kicking at their slayers. Horses
have been seen biting with terrible
whinnyings in the midst of the enc
my. One may be astonished af~such
a stand on the battlefield, but it is to
he remembered that every martial
instrument, from the auroch's horn
to the modern trumpet, has sounded
to the horea's ears, and that has
made an hereditary warrior of the
noblest conquest of man. If retired,
the old cavalry horse, harnessed to
pillow, will cock up its ears and snort
at the passing Of regiment. 1t re-
members in its obscure conscience
all the fiery ardor of youth and all