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Show CARRIED RIDER FROM REVIEW Even General Custer, Accomplished Rider as He Was, Could Not 8top Runaway Horse, Thero was perhaps no moro picturesque, pictur-esque, cnvalry commander engaged In tho Civil wnr, north or south, and most cortalnly nono with a moro remark-nblo remark-nblo enroer, writes (Ion James a rant Wilson In the Bulletin ot tho Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Ani-mals, than Oeorgo Armstrong Custer (1839-187C), who was graduated at tho United Statos military academy of West Point In 18(51 Entorlng tho army aa a second lieutenant In that year he rodo at tho head of his car-airy car-airy division In the famous Washington Washing-ton rovlow of May, 1865, as n major-genoral! major-genoral! While In less than four years' serr-Ico serr-Ico ho had seron horses killed under him a groator number It Is bolleved .l.n. ...B Innt la. nMa. al. 1 M A muM nna luo uy Iluy uuiur ICUUCT Ol Union troops who participated In the war, ho miraculously escaped both death and wounds, Among tho numerous churgos owned own-ed by Custer, his four favorites wero Don Juan, Jack Ituckor, Dandy and Vic. Tho ilrst mentioned was a thoroughbred stallion ot great Bpeod, strength nnd Bplrlt, on which tho dashing dash-ing young Babrour appearod with his colobratvd Third Cavalry division In tho grand rovlcw nt the closo ot the war. Whon approaching tho rovlowlng stnnd on whloh wero nssomblod President Presi-dent Johnson with his cablnot, Grant, Sherman, Mcado and many other promlnont gonorals, Don Juan becamo excited and frightened at tho floral bouquets and wrcoths showered upon him and his rider, ns woll as tho wild tempest of cheers that greeted them, nnd ran away, In splto of tho offorts ot one of tho moat accomplished horso-men horso-men In the array to control him. Tho youthful major general of twenty-six nt length stoppod tho stallion and ro-Jolned ro-Jolned his command In season to ap-pear ap-pear with It as tho division swept past tho rovlowlng stand. |