Horse And Auto

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 November 1916, Page 2

Horse And Auto

(By WALT MASSON.)

A year ago I drove a steed, and said. "A horse is better far (although deficient in his speed) than any chugging motor-ear. A horse is mankind s faithful friend;, a tiling of spirit. heaH and sense, and serves you well till 'n the end he kicks you through a barbed wire fence." My wife grew weary ot our plug, that often needed whip ani goad. I want a car that goes ehvgehug," she said, "and burns the drst-y road." The man who wants a peaceful life, with minimum of jolt <md jar, will always strive to .please his wife— and so I bought a motor-jar. . The motor-car I now endorse, anil often wonder how a man can, have the nerve to drive a horee, the most distinctive also ran. I meet old Dobbin on the road, and weep with pity for his woes: how earnestly he hates his load siiid, jiminy, how slow he goes; A ni:llion flies are oto his leg. his busy tail brings no relief ; in every movement Bobbin begs for chloroform to end his grief. The flies can't bite my motoi'-car. and so I blithely scorch along; no spavins can mv pleasure mnr, I fill the throbbing air with song.