GC1A61P Horse Memorial (Traditional Cache) in Eastern Cape, South Africa created by PumTim (adopted from Zantus)

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Knagur Green: Due to no response from the CO after the request to maintain or replace the cache, I am archiving it to, stop it showing on the listings and/or to create place for the geocaching community.

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GC1A61P ▼

A cache by PumTim (adopted from Zantus) Message this owner

Hidden : 3/11/2008

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

An important PE land mark.

If you do an internet search on PE's history, this memorial always pops up. It is in a very public place and therefore often gets forgotten. I think it is good to bring people back to this memorial and remember what it means and why it is there.

Muggles will definately be a problem and even at 6am in the morning, it took me a while to find a gap when no-one was looking.

The cache is a bison tube taped to a magnet, and there is no need to be inside the fence, so please don't be tempted to climb over.

A bit of history on this memorial as taken from the NMMU website:

The unveiling of the monument commemorating the services of the horses which perished during the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1902, took place on Saturday afternoon, February 11, 1905, with His Worship the Mayor, Mr A Fettes, performing the ceremony.

The statue used to occupy a very suitable position, close to the junction of Park Drive and Rink Street, next to St George’s Park, but was moved to its present position in Cape Road in the 1950s.

There was very good attendance including the Grey Institute Cadet Corps.

One of the principal reasons for Port Elizabeth taking such an interest in the movement, which started in 1901, was the fact that most of the horses brought to this country were landed here.

A ladies committee was formed with Mrs Harriet Meyer as president and £800 was collected for Messrs Whitehead and Sons, of Kennington and Westminster, to erect the statue.

The horse stands 16 hands 2 inches and the figure of the soldier is life size.

The inscription on the base reads:

“The greatness of a nation depends not so much upon the number of its people or its territory,
as in the extent and justice of its compassion.”

The Mayor said in his speech “The unveiling of this monument marks the completion of what has been an arduous undertaking on the part of those ladies with whom the idea of raising a monument to the horses originated.

“To raise a monument to the “brutes” that perish is considered by many to be misplaced sentiment, while some are inclined to think with Louis Wain “that all animals have their season of happiness in a hereafter before their final effacement, as a reward for the trials they undergo in life, while under the dominion of man.”

In addition to the memorial proper, there is a drinking trough for horses and cattle, and the wants of the thirsty wayfarer are also provided for. The design as a whole is an object lesson in kindness, and may appeal to the cruel or careless driver, and teach him that there are some who do not think it beneath them to attend to the wants of animals placed under their charge.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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