17. What the Captain said at the Point-to-Point. Sassoon, Siegfried. 1920. Picture-Show

Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967). Picture-Show. 1920.

17. What the Captain said at the Point-to-Point

I’VE had a good bump round; my little horse
Refused the brook first time,
Then jumped it prime;
And ran out at the double,
But of course	5
There’s always trouble at a double:
And then—I don’t know how
It was—he turned it up
At that big, hairy fence before the plough;
And some young silly pup	10
(I don’t know which),
Near as a toucher knocked me into the ditch;
But we finished full of running, and quite sound:
And anyhow I’ve had a good bump round.