The Lesson From The Horse Race

There's no such thing as gallant loser and there's no glory in defeat And coming first is all that matter and victory is always sweet For the winning horse and jockey there's a mighty hip hooray And the jockey he is smiling victory has made his day. The stable lad leads in his winner he has never known such joy And the owner pats his race horse as if to say well done me boy And there's applause for the winning trainer from the large onlooking crowd And the horse is centre of attention and those who backed him clapping loud. Near by stands the beaten favourite held there by his stable lad And with no trace of the horse's owner and the trainer looking sad In a thrilling photo finish beaten into second place But he get little recognition for running such a splendid race. Human life is like the horse race at winning post you've got to lead Losers are quickly forgotten and to be loved you must succeed You must strive hard for your glory and if you fail in your vital test You too will be quick forgotten as winners are remembered best And there's a lesson from the horse race and it read plain for all to see If you live for admiration go for outright victory And you will be the main attraction and all the applause will be for you And like the poor defeated race horse there will be none for number two.