HORSES IN WAR TIME.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 135, 21 January 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

HORSES IN WAR TIME.

AX APPKAL. J* in oiil > a cavalry charger. And I'll] (lying as fast as Iran ( K<>r my body is r ddled with Imllets — They've potted hotli me and my man ): And though I've no words to expre,--itj I'm trying this message to tell To k ; nd folks who work for the Red Cross — ()h. please hel]i the Blue one as well 1 .My master was one in a thousand, And I loved him with all this poor heart ( for horses are ouilt just like humans. lie kind to them—they'll do their part) : K<> please send out lie'p for our wounded. And give us a word in your prayers This isn't so strange tb you'd fancy. The Kuss ans do it in theirs. I'm only a cavalry charger. And my eyes are iieconiing quite dim ( I ivallv don't mind, though 1 m •' ('one for." So long a- I in going tu him) : Hut iir.s'i I would plead lor my cotnrndei, Who re dying and .-ulienng too (<|i. p'.M-e help the poor wounded hor-.M's : I'm sure that you would- it" you knew. SCOTS CHF.'f.s !sNi:ed h> the Blue ( ross 1' und. Lc.idon.