The horse and the war . dden in the cloud that clingsTo the battle-wrath of kings! There goes timid child-like trustTo the burden and the dust!High-born courage, princely graceTo the peril it must face !There go stoutness, strength and speedTo be spent where none shall heed,And great hearts to face their fateIn the clash of human hate I Wave the flag, and let them go !—Hats off to that ivistful rowOf lean heads of brown and bay,Black and chestnut, roan and grey !Heres good luck in lands afar—Snow-white streak, and blaze, and star!May you find in those far landsKindlv hearts and horsemen s hand
The horse and the war . dden in the cloud that clingsTo the battle-wrath of kings! There goes timid child-like trustTo the burden and the dust!High-born courage, princely graceTo the peril it must face !There go stoutness, strength and speedTo be spent where none shall heed,And great hearts to face their fateIn the clash of human hate I Wave the flag, and let them go !—Hats off to that ivistful rowOf lean heads of brown and bay,Black and chestnut, roan and grey !Heres good luck in lands afar—Snow-white streak, and blaze, and star!May you find in those far landsKindlv hearts and horsemen s hands I Printed by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London. iA/ebster Family Library of Veterinary MedicineCumpiiings School of Veterinary Medicine atTufts University. -ITiT^^ On the Road to Victory. The Horse andThe War CAPTAIN SIDNEY GALTREY ILLUSTRATED FROM DRAWINGS BY CAPTAIN LIONEL EDWARDS AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHSWITH A NOTE BY Field-Marshal Sir DOUGLAS HAIG, , , LONDONPUBLISHED AT THE OFFICES OF COUNTRY LIFE, 20 TAVISTOCKSTREET, COVENT GARDEN, MCMXVHI THE PERCHERON SOCIETY OF AMERICA, UNION STOCK YARDS,CHICAGO, To THE QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL OF THE FORCES( Sir John Cowaxs, , , M.\.0,) OF WHOSE lAOIEXSE DEPARTMENTOF OUR ARMY ORCxAXIZATIOXTHE RE:MOrXT AXD VETERIXARY SERVICESARE BRANCHES. CONTENTS CHAP PAGE War-Horses (by G. M. Jciithvinc) 12 I. IXTRODUCTORY .......... I3 II. The Raw Material ......... 19 III. Buying British Remounts in America (by T. R. F. Bate) 27 1\. The Finished Article . . . . 36 V. The Gallant Mule ........ 43 VI. The Crossing Overseas ........ 54 Vn. Base Remount Depots in France—I ...... 61 ^TII. Base Remount Depots in France—II ..... 70 IX. On Ahorsewar00galt
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