22 JANUARY 1954, Page 10

JANUARY 21st, 1854

THE prospect of war has called forth the patriotism of the sportsmen of England. Correspondents of the daily journals are suggesting the enrolment of volunteer regiments of horse, willing to serve anywher,e, and to find their own uniforms, arms, and horses; being allowed, how- ever, the regulation-price for the horse. All the arms they would require would be a slung rifle, a brace of revolvers, a sword, and a pouch-box. It is suggested that 1,000 of the best riders and deadliest shots in the world would make a most valuable irregular force, combining the excellences of the dragoon, the Scinde horseman, the Arab, the Cossack, and the astute and dashing sportsman.