Show MEXICAN their adya dya ml kichta in lie boston emild these country towns of mexico are the nurseries eo to speak of the national cavalry au arm of the service in which mexico excels the binet eight iu the world one on which the gols roust look down approvingly is a high spirited lad a good hone A mexican loy takes to the back jofs harse as a jape cod boy does to A boat at no age is a rider bolder than in that enchanted period of existence lying between childhood and manhood A mexican lad in default ot a saddle will enjoy himself hugely bareback lie early learns tu ute the rope or and beginning with dogs and pigs ho advances to maled and cows essays the roping of a licely bull so expert do they become that in war they frequently drag their enemies from their bad alea by cast of the rope some of my younger friends here eem to me to live on horseback they come home at to a bit as most boys will but off they ire again on their tireless horses aney have the good furtune to live ia a country which enjoys a climate which makes door life possible all alie tear round and the country lad con on horseback rows up and daring the billa vaquera or mexican chair saddle ji excellent for beats of and permits of an chuy comfortable position the high born is for the rope when after lessoing lassoing lass un animal the is given a turn or two around this strong protection if your loraie falls un you the horn i dangerous and may break a leg or an arm but mexican horsey seldom fall I 1 am amazed at their quick jeaa their and endurance jn the mexican war the native cavalry were poorly mounted on small bors and the shock of a charge of heavy american horses would overturn the mexican troops but nowadays the cavalry here are ruo anted on larger stronger and as the mexican horses are very codur ing and can live fur days on a mere handful of forage they might be counted on in war as a match for the cavalry of any nation in casa of the united states ever needing of good cavalry reliance or the inest part would have to be placed on the western lads who ride a great deal A friend back from morocco an who having lived in mexico knows what mexican horses and riders can do tells me that the despite the poetic tales oi travelers are no better horsemen than the mexicans and that their horses are no better if so good the opinion ol 01 scotchman may le taken as quite impartial when judging of the representative claims of arab and mexican horseman chip |