no THE HORSE AND THE WAR 



among tens of thousands of horse-lovers in the United Kingdom, and also in the 

 United States, whence so many of our war animals came ; and I am equally 

 certain it will not discourage any who are associated with our horse services in 

 always aiding the hard and, oftentimes, perilous lot of the horse on active 

 service. 



CANADIANS 



By ir. H. OGILVIE 



yt/ITH arrows on their quarters and with numbers on their hoofs, 

 ^^ With the trampling sound of twenty that re-echoes in the roofs, 

 Low of crest and dull of coat, wan and wild of eye. 

 Through our English village the Canadians go by. 



Shying at a passing cart, swerving from a car. 

 Tossing up an anxious head, to flaui t a snowy star. 

 Racking at a Yankee gait, reaching at the rein, 

 Twentv raw Canadians are tasting life again ! 



Hollow-necked and hollow- flanked , lean of rib and hip, 

 Strained and sick and weary with the wallow of the ship. 

 Glad to smell the turf again, hear the robin's call. 

 Tread again the country road they lost at Montreal! 



Fate may bring them dule and woe ; better steeds than they 

 Sleep beside the English guns a hundred leagues away ; 

 But till war hath need of them lightly lie their reins. 

 Softly fall the feet of them along the English lanes. 



