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dangerous for the saddle ; she had a decided 

 iversion for paper, which she immediately re- 

 jognised the moment she saw it. The effect 

 produced by the sight or sound of it. was so 

 prompt and so violent, that, in many cases, she 

 unhorsed her rider; and in one case, his foot 

 being entangled in the stirrup, she dragged him 

 a considerable way over a stony road. In other 

 respects, this mare had not the slightest fear of 

 objects that would terrify most horses. She 

 regarded not the music of the band, the whistling 

 of the balls, the roaring of the cannon, the fire 

 of the bivouacs, or the glittering of arms. The 

 confusion and noise of an engagement made no 

 impression upon her ; the sight of no other white 

 object affected her; no other sound was regarded; 

 the view or the rustling of paper alone aroused 

 her to madness. A mare belonged to the Guard 

 Eoyal from 1816 to 1821. She was perfectly 

 manageable, and betrayed no antipathy to the 

 human being nor to other animals, nor to horses, 

 except they were of a light gray color ; but the 

 moment she saw a gray horse, she rushed upon 

 it and attacked it with the greatest fury. It was 

 the same at all times and everywhere. She was 

 all that could be wished on the parade, on the 

 route, in action, and in the stable; but such 

 was her hatred towards gray or white horses, 

 that it was dangerous to place them in the same 

 stable with her at whatever distance. If she 

 once caught a glimpse of one, whether horse or 

 mare, she rested not until she had thrown her 



