Show deserved tribute paid mans mana faithful friends the patient 1611 tolling ing pack animal that fiat lost their lives in tile the great klondike gold rush have been honored by a memorial overlooking the grimly named dead horse gulch at inspiration point on tile the white pass railroad alaska there Is a bronze tablet honoring the lahi animals mals that figured in the klondike stampede paid for by old sourdoughs tile the tablet portrays a horse and mule on tile the trail it lias has been estimated that the average ave age life of a horse or mule used in gold rush packing was as alve weeks the odds were against a longer span the llie cold weather neather one of the greatest hazards to all concerned was probably a new experience for foe tile the animals just as it was for the majority of miners great demands were nere made upon the animals and little care and food could jio be given in return often just as in ahe alie eldorado rush trails arc marked by skeletons of tile lie unfortunate an animals no war lias has been complete with put out horses and mules the cavalry alone ab accounts counts for the horses while hauling cannon food and the indispensable pen Per sable water mater were v ere part of the mules job in the war and navy building in washington Is another bronze tab let dedicated tills this time to the mules and horses numbering nearly which served with tile the A ai R n V F in the world war |