AontCULTtttAl JOURNAL. 20") 



PountI Notices. 



THE Stock impounded as hereunder will 

 be sold, unless previously released, 

 on the 21at August next . — 



Eshowe. — Light dun ox, white marks 

 on both sides, no brands, four years old, 

 and rather wild. Found wandering 

 amongst Chief Dbango's cattle, and repor- 

 ted by the Chief. 



Estcourt. — Running on farm of Mr. A. 

 Woodgate : — Grey mare, branded JH on 



off side. Running on the farm Blanuw 

 Krantz, of Mr. Frances : -Red cow with 

 white spots, branded C or G on hind 

 quarter, with a black heifer calf. 



Nongoma. — Black ox, branded AD. 

 Dark-grey cow, branded AD. Red heifer. 

 Red cow, white belly, branded N, and 

 calf. Black-and-white heifer. Black 

 cow, branded LD. Red cow. 



Howick. — Large black.and hite ox, 

 faintly branded HH on left hip. 



Horses in time of War. 



WONDERFUL ENDUkANCE UNDER THE SADDLE. 



THERE is much of interest to ri'lers 

 generally, but particularly to United 

 States cavalrymen, in reports that have 

 come from South Africa of some of tiie 

 long, hard rides made there by the British 

 mounted troops. The accounts of some 

 of these rapid forced marches of cavalry 

 are lacking in detail, but the specific 

 statement is made that a squadron of the 

 Natal Mounted Rifles recently rode eighty- 

 five miles in twelve consecutive hours. 

 The English Press speaks of rides of sixty 

 miles by detached cavalry troops Avhicli 

 are completed within the limit of the 

 daylight hours, and these achievements of 

 the troopers and their mounts are si)oken 

 of as though they were of frequent occur- 

 rence. At first thought it may not appear 

 that these rides are particularly remark- 

 able, but the fact must bo taken into con- 

 sideration that bodies of troops and not 

 single individuals are concerned, and 

 where this is the case the rapidity of the 

 march must necessarily be gauged by the 

 rapidity and endurance of the poorest 

 horce in the outfit. Moreover, each 



animal engaged has to carry weight of 

 man and equipment to an average amount 

 of 2501 bs. Many of the horses used by 

 the English troopers are A Lierican bred, 

 and a natural interest in this country is 

 added to the rides, for it gives a chance 

 to " get a line " on the endurance of the 

 American animal under absolutely strange 

 climatic conditions. 



Opportunities op Testing Endur- 

 ance. 



No ai'my in the world, perhaps, has had 

 the same opportunities to test the endur- 

 ance of cavalry horses as has the small 

 regular force of the United States. The 

 long, level stretches of the plains, and the 

 activity of the marauding Indian mounted 

 on his tireless broncho, have been the 

 conditions which gave to Uncle Sam's 

 cavalryman his matchless chances for 

 long forced, mounted marches. Col. 

 Theodore Ayrault Dodge, U.S.A., collected 

 the official records of long-distance 

 cavalry rides, and has made them public, 

 so that they may be compared with the 

 performances of the soldier horsemen of 



