Page:A Reconstruction Letter, Stedman, 1866.djvu/14

Rh "Now, ! Now, ! Now, and !  On!, On! , On! , my dandy!  We're off to Chicago: keep pace, large and small;  Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!"

As for, nigh-leader, I wouldn't, for double His worth, to train him again take the trouble. Betwixt you and me, he's of rather low breed (A cross of Poor White with a Tennessee steed); And so stubborn and tricky, so dogged and willful, The groom who would guide him indeed must be skillful: He's proud to the servant, but stoops to the master— Just bid him go slower, he's sure to go faster; He'll kick his own feeders, bolt shy of the course— A regular chuck-headed, plebeian horse! But I've broke him to saddle, and ride him each day, And teach him his steps when the rest are away;