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Robert Morriss Browning correspondence to Mabel C. Williams, August-December, 1919

1919-08-20 Robert M. Browning to Dr. Mabel C. Williams Page 4

galloping it struck me as easier to "gee him over" by means of the check rein than to slow him down enough to let me lead him to the right. At the very moment I released his halter with my right hand and grabbed at the check rein on his withers the coupling pin of the jointed shaft came out and startled him. He gave a bucking jump that swung me off the ground and around in front of him then struck with his fore foot. His shoe just grazed my head, leaving a calk mark on the top of my scalp, and I stumbled and went down right in front of him. He went to his knees as I turned a backward somersault and rolled away so that I was on my feet by the time he was, luckily, for he bucked all around the spot where I'd been. I got half a day's rest sick in quarters and a headache that lasted two days out of it. Most every body was expecting that I'd get a bunch of lilies, too, but the fact that I'm not an inch taller enabled me to keep the roof on my dome.
Is it clear from my other letter that if I pass my exams this week for a permanent commission that I'll stay until the international situation clears a bit. Then my future is on the knees of the gods.
Sincerely yours,
Bob

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galloping it struck me as easier to "gee him over" by means of the check rein than to slow him down enough to let me lead him to the right. At the very moment I released his halter with my right hand and grabbed at the check rein on his withers the coupling pin of the jointed shaft came out and startled him. He gave a bucking jump that swung me off the ground and around in front of him then struck with his fore foot. His shoe just grazed my head, leaving a calk mark on the top of my scalp, and I stumbled and went down right in front of him. He went to his knees as I turned a backward somersault and rolled away so that I was on my feet by the time he was, luckily, for he bucked all around the spot where I'd been. I got half a day's rest sick in quarters and a headache that lasted two days out of it. Most every body was expecting that I'd get a bunch of lilies, too, but the fact that I'm not an inch taller enabled me to keep the roof on my dome. Is it clear from my other letter that if I pass my exams this week for a permanent commission that I'll stay until the international situation clears a bit. Then my future is on the knees of the gods. Sincerely yours, Bob