A SAGACIOUS HORSE.

Taihape Daily Times, 6 November 1917, Page 3

A SAGACIOUS HORSE.

An interesting story of how a soldier 's life was saved by the sagacity of his horse has been told by Bombardier H. Wood, R.F.A., who has been serving on the Salonika front- Wood says; “I was out on a mounted patrol one very dark and wet night, and got lost in the mountains. Suddenly I came to a deep ravine, but did not know until my horse snorted and came to a halt. I coaxed her, but she would not go any further. I found I was on the precipice of a deep ravine, 300 ft deep. The worst of it was, as soon as I showed a light the enemy started blaming away with machine-guns. I could hear the bullets striking the rocks just down the cliffs. If they had had a little more elevation I sliould net have been writing this letter. When I reached by battery next morning I gave my faithful mare an extra bag of corn.”