The panic terror which fell upon the horses of the
Life Guards. at Aldershot is not the only recent example of this startling phenomenon. During the recent sham campaign near St. Peters- burg the Empress's Cuirassiers, 900 strong, reached their halting- place ; the horses were unsaddled and held by the head, or left alone—so great is the faith in their docility—pending the arrival of the picket-ropes. Suddenly one squadron, frightened by a row in an adjacent camp, broke loose, and in a twinkling the whole 000- followed. They selected "one large powerful horse as their leader, and with a look at him and a snort at him which they meant and he understood as apras roes," dashed off in a solid column. Coming on a river, crossed by a bridge held by a cavalry picket, the leader turned aside, and the whole 900 swam the stream. And here a pretty incident occurred illustrative of discipline and the use of quickness of mind in war. The officer commanding the picket ordered his bugler to sound the appel, a call used when the horses are fed. Instantly the oid horses listened, turned, and trotted up in obedience to the call. The young ones were not stopped until they were blown with what Mr. Money asserts was a run of 100 (1) miles,—at the end of which, however, they would all have been dead. The lesson is that horses fresh from stables and not broken in to hard work need more watchful care at starting on a campaign ; while the use that 'may be made of the bugle-calls is as obvious as it is pleasing.
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