Really? Well, he may have favored horses at one time.

Colonel Smithers of the 17th Light Artillery: "I say, Rawlins...I hear that Carruthers has taken up an intimate relationship with one of his cavalry mounts."

Captain Willoughby of the 17 Light Artillery: "The duece, he has! Is it a mare or a stallion?"

Colonel Smithers: "A mare, of course! Nothing queer about Carruthers..."