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Next come the darker and lighter greys or brindles, the darkest being generally preferred. Yellow and sandy-red or red-fawn, especially with black points i.e., ears and muzzle are also in equal estimation, this being the colour of the oldest known strains, the McNeil and the Chesthill Menzies.
It is a great relief to them to be entirely out of reach of their Argus-eyed officers, who are so prompt to take them to task for the least neglect of duty. When they reached the place where the Brindles were encamped, they found that Carey had been successful in his mission. He had brought Mr.
Of late there had been a good many anxious inquiries made concerning these very men, and here they were, safe and sound, and, wonderful to tell, with more prisoners to show what good soldiers they were. "Three cheers for the 'Brindles, the old reliables!" shouted the sergeant-major; and the yells that arose from two hundred pairs of strong lungs could have been heard a long distance away.
This was the troop to which Bob Owens belonged, and, in common with its other members, he had suffered from the practical jokes that had been played upon him by the more fortunate troopers. But of late these jokes were not as frequent as they had formerly been, for the "Brindles" had proved themselves to be the best of soldiers.
When they overtook it George rode up beside the captain, and the Brindles, without creating the least confusion, fell into their usual places all except Bob Owens, who did not belong in the ranks any longer.
We mean by this that the animals are divided into lots according to their color, the blacks being placed in one lot, the grays in another, the whites in another, and so on. After these divisions are made there are always some "off" horses, such as roans and browns, which are put into a lot by themselves and called the "brindles." The ranking captain then makes his choice of the colors.
That feat has never been accomplished but once in the Department of Texas, and then it was accomplished by our boys, the Brindles of the th Cavalry." Bob and his men were proud of that exploit, and, what was more, they did not mean to be robbed of any of the honor they had won. That was one reason why they wanted to bring Mr. Wentworth and his boys into their mess.
"Bob, the boys ought to give you a benefit," he added. "We've got something to show for this scout, even if we are 'Brindles, haven't we?" said the corporal, holding himself very stiffly in his saddle and looking straight before him, so as not to 'give the sentry away. "Have you beaten us any?" "Not by a great sight." "What have you done, anyway?"
Their force was too small to accomplish anything by it. The captain had spent all the forenoon in gathering up the stock, and it was now feeding on the prairie close by, guarded by a large squad of troopers. "I'll tell you what's a fact, boys," said one of the Brindles.
"The brindles," the horses of all colors and of no color at all to speak of, are the only ones left, and the lowest company commander must take them because he has no choice.
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