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where the regiment drilled daily, and here a very 

 remarkable thing happened. 



1 Where there had been chaos and blind uncer- 

 tainty, perfect order supervened. Forming up into 

 troops and squadrons in their accustomed places, the 

 riderless horses proceeded quietly and steadily to put 

 themselves through a number of evolutions ; and it 

 was not until the arrival of the troopers with ropes 

 and bridles that the ghostly pageant — for such it 

 must have looked — broke up and dispersed to the 

 four corners of the earth.' — ' Kapler.' 



The illustrated newspapers which chronicled the 

 deeds of the Germans and French during their 

 terrible war, recorded several instances in which the 

 riderless, wounded, and even dying horses obeyed 

 the sound of the bugle, and ranged themselves in 

 order after the battle was over. 



In answer to some queries which I addressed to 

 him, Mr. Luck kindly sent me the following letter, 

 which arrived too late for insertion in its proper 

 place : — 



'Darlington: October 3, 1884. 



* My cob was six years old when I took off the 

 shoes in May 1882, and had the thrush in all his feet. 

 I am sorry to say that the thrush is not completely 

 cured in his off fore-foot, though we can keep it 



