On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 03:02:50PM -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote: > --- Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >...Custer's Civil War record is pretty impressive. You don't make > >Major General at 23 by accident. He did that after having _13_ > >horses shot out from under him. I would describe that as "very > >brave" under any circumstances. > > <smart-donkey remark in Mr. Ed's voice> Brave my haunches! It was > those chargers who ran into the hail of bullets! If a horse had 13 > men shot dead off his back, he'd be called a jinx! ;)
If you're in the cavalry, wouldn't shooting your horse (when no one is looking) be the equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot to get out of battle? Except in this case, it makes you look brave! (not saying that is what happened, it just occurred to me as a possible explanation from the sketchy data mentioned) -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
