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Thread #113211 Message #2420785
Posted By: WalkaboutsVerse
23-Aug-08 - 02:22 PM
Thread Name: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
Good to hear you and yours, again, IB. Generally, I do support traditions, of course, but I'm happy tractors have taken over from horse-power; and, as for horse racing, I'm with Cromwell - here's that poem/sonnet...
Poem 146 of 230 HORSES FOR COURSES?
To some, in income-anticipation, Horse-balking at gates is a small debase; To me, it seems a memory/fear case Over the coming whip-castigation. To some, the winning jockey's elation Is the highlight of an ended horserace; To me, the horse's bulged veins and scared face Undermine the winners' celebration. I can't condone a punter's desire To gamble rather than earn a living, But can acknowledge a jockey's courage; I can't see and think as a raced sire, Nor feel the scrapes hedges are giving, But find horses choiceless in their bondage.