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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 ! 



