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Show V lAfitv LssnN ro niDB. B Kttalanetlen for Pmou Hermn H eftl of the Ceeeacks. B Of the Russian Cossacks a wrttei m Bays: "No wonder the Cossack is a B famous horseman At-the 4 age of I B ha learns to ride antrlda a horso to H the courtyard of his father's house- H Two yoam Inter he allows himself M on horseback In the village alreats B and exerclaeii with his young com rades. No wonder at the ase of 20 he teems almost to lie one flesh with the J sturdy beaat that carries him. Under tho proaent regime there are no leas than fifty-one regiments of Cossacks, IB under eleven main tribal divisions. Cfclet of these e the Cossacks of the J Don. Besides these are the Cossacks IB of the Kauban. Torek, Astrakhan, the IB Ural, Orenberg, Miliaria. Semlrietchie, the Trans-llilkal. the prl-Ainur and BVJ the Ussurl Th last five are repre- BVJ sented In tint Cti,0(0 Cossacks ropon BH ed to he available for serTlce In Matv churla. The Cossack has his own BBm manual of Instruct Inns. Every mem- ber of the squadron Is a trick rider, BBpJ w?ao could put the rlevereit circus ac- J rbbat to shame, and tlii firing eier- BbV clses Introduce feature which only BBpj clever riders with clever animals J could perform On campaign, more- BKB ever, the Caisaok Is particularly use- J ful, as he Is ancustomed to scanty j food and extreme cold, while no bet- J ter forager hati ynl been discovered Ic J the armies of Hurope." |
