OCR Text |
Show HORSES KILLED IfY BATTLE. Fine Memorial to Them Erected In South Africa. London. Horses killed In battle now hnvo n monument to their honor. It recently has been orcctod nt Port Elizabeth, South Africa. AYhon Lord Hyron put up nn elaborate mdnument to his dog, Bosun, overyono regarded It as a mad caprlco, but now a general public subscription hna been raised by English peoplo for the purposa of per-pctunting' per-pctunting' tho memory of "tho services of tho gallant animals which perished In tho Anglo-Boer war,' 1899-1902.'' fi? : 1 Monument to Dead Hortes. Pictures of this monument are being sold In groat numbers, mostly among nrmy officers, though tho animal-loving public is also buying thorn largely.- The first horso monument ever raised by public subscription consists of an oblong pllo of granlto on tho top of which aro two figures a Hfe-slzod. bronzo horso and n kneeling soldier offering tho nnlmnl Its food. Tho figures fig-ures aro beautifully executed. Tho granlto baso of .tho statuo serves a utilitarian purpose by forming a flno drinking fountnln, both for man nnd beast, n hugo granlto blfck being hollowed hol-lowed out Into a trough, Into which wntor flows from throe spouts in tho form of lions' heads. On tho base of tho monument Is tho w.. ulU UUDO u& lltu IIIUIIUIUUUV ID UIW significant Inscription: "Tho greatness great-ness of a nation consists, not so much In tho number of Its peoplo, or tho exfont of Its territory, as In the extent and justice of Its compassion."- Tho services of horses in tho South African campaigns wero qulto ns essential es-sential as thoso of men. Many ot'tho battles wero cavalry engagements, and troops had to bo moved rapidly from ono part of tho country to another. Enormous numbers of horses were requisitioned from all parts of tho world, and the mortality among theso animals was very grcnt, though thero are no definite figures at hand. Tho monument to these "gallant steeds" has boon rnlsed by small subscriptions sub-scriptions from all parts ot tho British empire; a large portion ot the funds coming from various "humane societies" so-cieties" and from officers and men In the army. |