50 PINK AND SCARLET 



Youngsters, note this. Fathers, mothers, guar- 

 dians, and Commanding Officers also note — that 

 strength of mind to deny the appetite, and increased 

 health, and thence efficiency, come in here ; surely 

 you will assist, if only for these reasons ? 



The lesson to be learnt from this chapter, and the 

 books it names, is the care of that work of the 

 Creator's which is man's closest companion and 

 colleague both in war and in sport — the Horse. 



