We were going out to rest after about four months behind the guns at
Ypres, and the drivers brought up spare horses for us to ride. One
Cockney gunner was heard to say, "I can't ride; I've never rode an
'orse in me life." We helped him to get mounted, but we had not gone
far when Jerry started sending 'em over. So we started trotting. To see
our Cockney friend hanging on with his arms round the horse's neck was
quite a treat!
However, we eventually got back to the horse lines where our hero,
having fallen off, remarked: "Well, after that, I fink if ever I do
get back to Blighty I'll always raise me 'at to an 'orse."--_A. Lepley
(late R.F.A.), 133 Blackwell Buildings, Whitechapel, E.1._