The whole regiment knew that the Colonel was a bad horseman. When the order to move off was given, the band struck up the regimental march. The Colonel’s horse was not fond of music, and everybody was interested in its antics, so interested that the front rank of the first company bunched up in the middle. "Ease off." shouted the captain of the first company. “No. 'e ain't.” shouted a recruit, “but. ’e soon will be.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 December 1939, Page 10
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