Brandon Collegiate Institute - New Era Yearbook (Brandon, Manitoba Canada)

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THE NEW ERA First Prize Classic—Maurice Ryles

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THE NEW ERA ART CONTEST Sir Eomumo Ibonupc First Prize Classic—Maurice Ryles

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14 THE NEW ERA Second Prize Classic Vivienne Greaves Honorable Mention Classic Peggy Wallace The New Era staff sincerely thank the judges of the contests: Miss E. M. McLeish, Art; Mrs. A. H. Foster, Literary; and Mr. R. Ghidoni, Photography. literary Contest First Prize Short Story, Grade X, by Henry Hlady THE OLD GREY MARE I believe the horse that suffers the most abuse, the one that most wise-cracks are made about, is the old grey mare. I must confess that I too was a guilty party to these jokes and jibes until I met an old grey mare. After that meeting I have never uttered one word that would insult a horse of any kind. You ask me why? Well, I’ll tell you. It happened when I was visiting my Uncle on his farm at Castown, Alberta. Uncle and I were leaning on the top rail of his pasture gate watching his horses graze. I notic¬ ed among the horses, an old grey mare.. I didn’t know how old she was, hid she certainly looked as if she would drop dead any time. The hair on her hide was seraggly, thin, worn off in places. Her knees were great knobs of hone that stuck hornily out. Her hoofs were cracked and curled. Her ribs