The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 6 (October 1, 1929)
The Lunatic's Lapse
The Lunatic's Lapse.
Meanwhile, The Lunatic lay on his back endeavouring to kick the roof off the world.
As my late friend ‘Orace, the ostler, was wont to observe, “There's something abart ‘orses—”
Certainly the worst horse is something superior to the schoolboy's definition: “A ‘orse is a quadrapig with a leg on each corner and a head on one end. At the other end is a tale which he unfolds like Hamlet or anny other animil.”
Like Hamlet and the horse, “I would a tale unfold,” but I needs must slam the stable door with the obvious observation that, for connecting up diverse points of the compass, the meat horse has been superseded by his big brother with the iron constitution. Especially popular is the iron horse when King Holiday reigns and there is Reduced Fare On The Railway.