Explore "In the Pride of his Youth" by Rudyard Kipling on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
"Stopped in the straight when the race was his own! / Look at him cutting it -- cur to the bone! " / "Ask ere the youngster be rated and chidden, / What did he carry and how was he ridden? / Maybe they used him too much at the start; / Maybe Fate's weight-cloths are breaking his heart. " / Life's Handicap.
When I was telling you of the joke that The Worm played off on the Senior Subaltern, I promised a somewhat similar tale, but with all the jest left out. This is that tale: