24 SOLDIER AND SPORTSMAN 



Africa horses can be bred with impunity at a 

 height of 4000 feet. Below that level the scourge 

 has a serious effect on the development of the 

 country. 



When I was at Maclontsie Camp two men 

 arrived named Strombone and Ware. They 

 claimed to have discovered not only a preventive 

 but a cure for horse-sickness. They obtained per- 

 mission to try their medicine, and lived in the 

 camp for some months, being confident of securing 

 the bonus of j£ ^0,000 promised by the Government 

 to anyone who could discover a certain preven- 

 tive ; all to no purpose, however, as just as big a 

 percentage of horses died after their treatment as 

 before. Ware's rig-ht le^ from the knee to the 

 ankle was bent in the form of a bow, and his story 

 concerning this deformity is worth repeating. When 

 returning from prospecting for gold in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Shashi river a lion sprang on to 

 his horse, throwing it down, with Ware underneath. 

 He then proceeded to drag the horse away, but 

 during- the scuffle Ware's leg was broken. Fortun- 

 ately, he managed to crawl to a tree up which a 

 native, who was with him, had climbed and who 

 could not be induced to come down until daylight. 

 Meanwhile Ware, who had stuck to his rifle, which 

 he twice fired at two other lions prowling round, 

 had to remain sitting with his back to the tree for 



