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Show -':" "i, &e.;&S Sill W-vv$ Grani IoJium&nt in Lincoln PstrJ. Chfaaoo W y- , "mmi-i.S, v- h - By ELMO SCOTT WATSON OIIE tomb of Ulysses S. I Grant, victorious Civil war general and President E of the United States, B which for more than 30 y-!V-m years has stood In an un-WJi'JJ' un-WJi'JJ' finished state on Riveras River-as v'vy side drive in New York city Is at last to be completed. com-pleted. The Grant Monument association associa-tion Is now engaged In raising by popular pop-ular subscription nearly a half million mil-lion dollars necessary for carrying out the original plans for this historic his-toric landmark. The terrace surrounding surround-ing the monument Is to be planted with shade trees; narrow walks bordered bor-dered by low granite walls, banked with ornamental shrubbery, will provide pro-vide promenades for visitors; and a portico with sculptured decorations is to he placed over the main entrance, with the apex of the portico directly under the carved motto "Let Us Have fence." But most Important of all the additions addi-tions Is to be the equestrian statue of the general, wearing the familiar uniform uni-form of Civil war days, which Is to stand on a raised pediment In the plaza In front of the tomb. And thereby hangs the tale of what promises prom-ises to be a fascinating mystery: why Is It Impossible for the sculptor, who Is to mnke the equestrian statue, to find a photograph of Ulysses S. Grant on horseback? Yet, such Is the case, according to Gurney C Gue, a writer for the New York Herald Tribune, who in a recent issue of that newspaper news-paper tells of the unexpected difficulties difficul-ties which have been encountered as follows : The search for a photograph of General Gen-eral U. S. Grunt on horseback to aid the sculptor nho is modeling an equestrian eques-trian statue for the plaza in front of Grant's tomb, now has covered the collections col-lections of the New York Historical society, the public library and numerous numer-ous dealers In rare prints and other pictures without discovering the much-wanted much-wanted camera-made portrait. While nobody can be found who believes the hero of the Civil war never faced the camera when mounted during the four years of the great conflict, it is nevertheless never-theless true that nobody can be found who Is sure he has ever seen such a picture. T,he New Tork Herald Tribune's quest Included a visit to the studio of the sculptor Daniel Chester French, one of whose many well known works Is the bronze statue of Grant on horseback tn Fairmont park, Philadelphia. Asked whether he had an equestrian photograph photo-graph to guide him when he made It In 1S9S the venerable artist, who was eighty years old on April 20, promptly replied: "No. I am sure I had none made from life and I had every photograph of Grant I could find." -Dr. Robert I'nderwood Johnson, who As associate editor of the old Century Magazine forty-five years ago. mav be Bald to have discovered Grant as an author and induced him to write the memoirs which rescued him and his family from poverty In his laBt days, was quite certain he had seen at least ns photograph from life of Grant In the saddle. When asked why he did not publish so rare a picture in the Century war book "Battles and Leaders Lead-ers of the Civil War," the veteran editor edi-tor revised his statement and finally concluded on telephoning C. C. Buel. his co-worker of 1SS7. that in the photograph pho-tograph he had In mind the general was not In the saddle but on the ground, holding his horse by the bridle. In making Inquiry at the Union Xeague club, where there Is a notable collection of wartime portraits, the librarian suggested that General Warren War-ren M. Healy be consulted. General Healy Is the oldest living member of the Grant Monument association, having hav-ing been one of Its organizers with General Horace Porter, soon after Grant died In 1SS5. As erect of carriage car-riage and as clear of mind as he was when he marched away with the Thirteenth Thir-teenth Massachusetts In April, 1S61, he ays when called upon to state his age: 'Tm ninety-one now, with nine more years to go." General Healy was one of those who Asked the army war college at Washington Wash-ington to set Its research section at work to find a photograph of Grant on horseback for use of the sculptor. He haa done some hunting himself, also, ut as yet without success. There are something like 200 portraits por-traits of General Grant in the library of the New York Historical society, and among them are several of him in uniform uni-form and In the saddle. These, however, how-ever, are all engravings, etchings or lithographs, ranging from Currier & Ives's cheapest commercial product to the fine proof etching made by L. Herder, Her-der, a noted French artist. The print room of the public library has another equally large collection of drawings, but nothing in the nature of a photograph photo-graph from life or a photo-engraving of the man who often faced grape and canister on horseback, yet who seems to have always run away from the camera. At the offices of Brown Brothers, who may be described as dealers In back-number back-number photographs, with about 1,800,000 in stock, the resources of the establishment were placed at the disposal dis-posal of the Herald Tribune. A search of the envelopes on Grant and of Gardner's Gard-ner's rare "Photographic Sketch Book of the War" failed, however, to uncover uncov-er anything sf the general in the saddle. sad-dle. Asked where one would look for such a picture, Arthur Brown sug- t?PtAri that t,a hT,t ha ,vtH tn private collections of war-time photographs; photo-graphs; to the war zone In the West and South, where some local photographer photog-rapher might have made a plate, and to the families of Grant's descendants, who may perhaps possess such a relic It seems curious, indeed, that no such photograph of Grant can be found when one considers that so much of his life was spent on horseback horse-back and that of all our Presidents, not even excepting Washington and Roosevelt, he was most famous for his horsemanship. Read through his "Memoirs" and you will find repeated examples of his love for horses and any number of incidents which apparently ap-parently stand out clearly in his memory mem-ory because a horse was associated with them. Go to the United States Military academy at West Point today to-day and they will show you among the records made there, the highest Jump by a cadet on horseback. It reads "Grant upon York" and the mark is more than six feet. As a cadet at West Point Grant was a poor student in most subjects. But he was a fine horseman. Of him one of his classmates, Gen. Egbert Yelle, has written: "It was as good as a circus to see Sam Grant ride. He was far the most fearless rider there. There was a dark bay horse that was so fractious that it was about to be sold because nobody could ride It. Grant selected It for his horse. He rode It every day at parade, and how he did ride! The whole class would stand around admiring his wonderful command of the beast and his graceful grace-ful evolutions." Upon his graduation gradua-tion from the academy Grant hoped to secure a commission In the cavalry. But Ironically enough, there were no places open In that branch of the service at the time and the best horseman horse-man that West Point had ever known became a second lieutenant In the Fourth Infantry! But the Mexican war gave him a chance to show his horsemanship even though he remained a commander of foot-soldiers. When General Taylor's army started Its Invasion of Mexico, Lieutenant Grant's company commander. com-mander. Captain McCall, asked him If he did not Intend to get a horse. Grant replied that since he belonged ? Civil War Charter "Cineirmati" to a foot regiment he would walk. McCall Insisted, however, that his lieutenant should ride and pointed out a three-year-old mustang which one of the colored servants with the regiment had purchased at Corpus Christie for three dollars, with the remark "There, Grant, Is a horse for you." The young lieutenant bought it for $5. Grant records In his "Memoirs" the result as follows : "The day we started was the first time the horse had ever been under saddle. I had, however, but little difficulty In breaking him, though for the first day there were frequent disagreements between us as to which way we should go, and sometimes some-times whether we should go at all. At no time during the day could I choose exactly the part of the column I would march with ; but after that, I had as tractable a horse as any with the army, and there was none that stood the trip better." Grant not only won the admiration of his men by the way In which he mastered this . wild horse but during the battle of Monterey he performed a feat which won him renown throughout through-out the army as a daring soldier and a matchless rider. With his characteristic charac-teristic modesty he records . the Incident Inci-dent in, his "Memoirs" as follows: "We had not occupied this position when It was discovered that our ammunition am-munition was growing low. I volunteered volun-teered to go back to the point we had started frrjm, report our position to General Twiggs, and ask for ammunition ammuni-tion to be forwarded. We were at this time occupying ground off from the street, in rear ot tne nouses, juy ride back was an exposed one. Before starting I adjusted myself on the side of my horse furthest from the enemy and with only one foot holding the cantle of the. saddle and an arm over the neck of the horse exposed. I started at full run. It was only at street crossings that my horse was under fire, but these I crossed at such a flying rate that generally I was past and under cover of the next block of houses before the enemy fired. I got out safely without a scratch." During the Civil war Grant had several horses whose names are well known. Among them were "Egypt," presented by admirers in southern Illinois,, and "Jeff Davis" which had been captured from the Confederates. But his favorite was "Cincinnati," a big bay, sired by Lexington, the leading lead-ing racer and sire of his time. "Cincinnati" "Cin-cinnati" was presented to him by a resident of the Ohio city after Grant's victory at Chattanooga and the general gen-eral rode him almost daily during the Wilderness campaign of 1S04 and until the close of the war. "Cincinnati" was seventeen hands high, an animal j of great endurance nnd Grant re- garded him as the greatest mount any army commander ever had. Grant was so fond of him that he rarely permitted anyone else to mount him, although he made at least two exceptions. One was In favor of Admiral Ad-miral Daniel Ammen, who saved Grant from drowning when he was a boy, and the other was President Lincoln. Lin-coln. When Lincoln visited Grant at his headquarters on the James river he placed "Cincinnati" at the President's Presi-dent's disposal and In his "Memoirs" he writes that Lincoln "was a fine horseman and rode my Cincinnati every day." He once refused an offer of $10,000 for the animal and after Lee's surrender retired him from active service. "Cincinnati'' died on a Maryland farm in September, 1ST4. But riding horses were not Grant's only horseflesh Interest. He was also fond of fast harness horses. During his years as President In Washington Grant visited the stables every day at ! the close of business In the White Houje. He wanted to see for himself I thai the stock was well fed, I |