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They held a polo meeting at a little country town, / And all the local sportsmen came to win themselves renown. / There came two strangers with a horse, and I am much afraid / They both belonged to what is called 'the take-you-down brigade'.
They said their horse could jump like fun, and asked an amateur / To ride him in the steeplechase, and told him they were sure, / The last time round, he'd sail away with such a swallow's flight / The rest would never see him go -- he'd finish out of sight.
So out he went; and, when folk saw the amateur was up, / Some local genius called the race 'the dude-in-danger cup'. / The horse was known as 'Who's Afraid', by Panic from 'The Fright'. / But still his owners told the jock he'd finish out of sight.
And so he did; for 'Who's Afraid', without the least pretence, / Disposed of him by rushing through the very second fence; / And when they ran the last time round the prophecy was right -- / For he was in the ambulance, and safely 'out of sight'.