SLOW BUT SURE
Yoemanry Officer (to trooper whose horse continually falls to the rear)—“How’s this? You told me your horse had won half-a-dozen matches against some of the best horses in the country.”
“So he has, sir,” replied the trooper. “It was in ploughing matches he took the prizes.”
THE RECRUIT SCORES ONE
“Blockhead!” shouted the exasperated drill-sergeant to the raw recruit. “Are they all such idiots as you in your family?”
“No,” said the recruit. “I have a brother who is a great deal more stupid than me.”
“Impossible! And what on earth does this incomparable blockhead do?”
“He is a drill-sergeant.”