DON'T RUN DOWN THE ARMY! 89 



generous horseman's heart for no man who loves a horse 

 e'er lacks the touch of nature must warm towards the 

 blue -coats who can accomplish such feats it needs no 

 words to tell. It takes gimp, brother, it takes intelli- 

 gence, it takes that sympathetic knowledge of the horse 

 which we all admire. Let me ask you to study these little 

 items you can find no end of others if you will take the 

 trouble to hunt them up and when you feel inclined to 

 criticise the Army because it does not accomplish the im- 

 possible, just stop and think. Men who can ride such dis- 

 tances as these are apt to do all that flesh and blood can 

 stand. Ta-ta ! 



