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13. “ The Future Role of the Army Reserve.” By Major-General F. C. 
Trench, c.m.g. Blackwood. November, 1891. 
Weeklies. 
1 . “ The Great War of 1892.” Commenced in “Black and White” 1st 
January, 1892. 
2 . “ The Indian Cavalry Camp of Exercise.” Army and Navy Gazette. 
January, 1892. Noting particularly that of 23rd January. 
3. “ Canet Q.F. Gun for Russian Government.” The Engineer. 11th 
December, 1891. 
4 . “ Nickel Steel Armour Trials.” Engineering. 25th December, 1891. 
5 . “Canet v. Krupp Guns.” Engineering. 25th December, 1891, 1st 
January, and 22nd January, 1892. 
6 . “War Material. ’ ’ Page 15, Engineer. 1st January, 1892. 
7. “ France and Quick-firing Guns.” The Engineer. 8th January, 1892. 
Books. 
1 . “ Memoires du General B on de Marbot.” Yol. I. Genes—Austerlitz— 
Eylau. Yol. II. Madrid—Essling—Torres-Yedras. Yol. III. Polotsk 
—La Bere sina—Leipsig—W aterloo. 
HALIFAX, W.S. 
The 24th November, 1891, was the closing day of the “ Cross Country Rides.” 
They are our local substitute for hunting, and resemble a drag-hunt except that 
there are no drag and no hounds. They are, in fact, a kind of follow-my-leader 
on horseback, and afford very good fun to many persons, the field sometimes con¬ 
sisting of 30 horsemen and ladies, with numbers of people on wheels, and crowds 
of foot-folks. The season is the autumn and early winter, but it was brought to 
a close last year, not so much by the winter setting in as by the departure, on 
leave, of the leader and organiser of the “rides,” Captain Jenkins, A.D.C., who, 
it will be remembered, was quartered at W T oolwich, with the 2 nd Battalion of the 
Rifle Brigade, in 1887. He deserves the greatest credit for the trouble he has 
taken in getting up these “ rides,” which entails obtaining the permission of owners 
to ride over their land, laying out the lines, removing wire, advertising the meets, 
etc. The country round Halifax is rough and cramped. The fences consist 
chiefly of stone dykes, and posts and rails, they are small, but quite big enough 
for the class of animal on which many people are mounted, though the leader him¬ 
self always rode a thorough-bred English racer. Grief is not unknown, either: 
a well-known local sportsman came down the last day, and broke five ribs, and 
another day the General’s niece’s pony struck a rail with his fore-feet and turned 
completely over, nearly giving a bad fall to his fair rider, who, however, pluckily 
re-mounted and finished the run. The following of the R.A. took part in these 
“rides” during the season: Colonel Noyes, Major Waldron, Major McDonnell, 
Major Brady, Captain Alexander, Captain Boileau, Captain Yunge-Bateman, Lieut. 
Macgowan, Lieut. Stuart, Colonel Ryan’s two sons and Miss Noyes. Captain 
Yunge-Bateman being the acknowledged “ first-flighter.” 
A novel feature in sport, during a part of the months of November and Decem¬ 
ber, was the importation, from a distant part of the Province, of a pack of cat- 
liounds, with their owner, a sturdy Nova Scotian hunter, called Jesse Bower. 
They were brought to Halifax by Lieut. Macgowan, and subscribed to by most of 
the officers of the garrison. The pack (?) is a wonderful one, for though it only 
consists of 1 ^- couples it can hunt six days a week, and covers the country up to 
a radius of 25 miles. The hounds are fox-hounds. The hunting is on foot, 
through very thick woods, over very rough ground. The hunter carries a light 
rifle, and the etiquette of the “ hunt ” is that he hands the weapon to the first 
.person in at the death, who shoots the cat, and thereby becomes the possessor of 
