AN ENTHUSIASTIC SPORTSMAN ENTHUSES by Harry ("Breaker") Morant

   So now the Brands
   Seek other lands;
Alack! long ere they reach 'em
   A fickle crowd
   Will cheer as loud
For godly Governor Beauchamp.


   'Twill be Hampden's lot
   To be soon forgot,
Now an Earl is his successor;
   But the new-chum Earl
   Will bring no girl
Like Dorothy Brand - God bless her!


   Then let it be known
   That all of us own
Since her dad to Australia brought her.
   That there has not been,
   Nor will there be seen
Another such Governor's daughter.


   Yes! we all concur
   (In respect to her
Ideas are not dividing)
   There's no "seat," nor "hands"
   Like Dorothy Brand's
When she goes out a-riding!


   And each Australian,
   And every alien
Who rides as straight as he "oughter,"
   Has been fain to yield
   In the hunting-field
To the prowess of Hampden's daughter.


   So, doff your "cady"
   To this young lady!
Hooray-with your hat in your hand; -
   Australia's pride
   Was the girl who could ride
   Like the Honorable Dorothy Brand!

First published in the Bulletin 18 February 1899.