Don't take a fence if you don't need to, but
If you want to be jumps ahead,
You've got to own a horse.
You've got to rein a tossing mane,
And straddle a saddle, perforce.
You're going to need a large garden, or field.
You can't keep it, like dogs, in a kennel;
Then of course it makes sense, to surround it with fence,
To keep it off the parsley or fennel.
Unlike the Kiang or wild Mustang,
Renowned in both legend and fable,
It must have a shed to shelter its head;
That gets elevated in rank, to "The Stable".
You'll have to visit each morning and night,
And several times through the day;
To pat it and brush it - curry comb it (don't rush it)
And to feed the ugly brute hay.
And what's more, you can bet, it'll need the vet,
Though they don't come 'on the cheap';
Then there's mucking out - no stable's without
It, can form a substantial heap!
It's no use just dressing up for the part
With jodphurs and a bowler hat;
With a neat little jacket, and whip you can crack,
It is easy to see through that. - - No!
If you want to be jumps ahead,
You've got to own a horse.
One already wears a Barbour coat,
and green wellies, of course;
But if one wishes to be jumps ahead:
One simply HAS to own a horse.