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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 33. A London Cab Horse
Chapter 33. A London Cab Horse Jeremiah Barker was my new master’s name, but as every one called him Jerry, I shall do the same. Polly, his wife, was just as good a match as a man could have. She was a plump, trim, tidy little woman, with smooth, dark hair, dark eyes, and a […]
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Horse Image of the Week
Keeping up this website requires looking at a lot of horse photos, (which we love) so we thought it would be fun to share some of our favorites. The simple fact is, we have so many to choose from… Hard to Decide We think all horses are beautiful & we know that horse lovers enjoy […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 32. A Horse Fair
Chapter 32. A Horse Fair No doubt a horse fair is a very amusing place to those who have nothing to lose; at any rate, there is plenty to see. Long strings of young horses out of the country, fresh from the marshes; and droves of shaggy little Welsh ponies, no higher than Merrylegs; and […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 31. A Humbug
Chapter 31. A Humbug My master was not immediately suited, but in a few days my new groom came. He was a tall, good-looking fellow enough; but if ever there was a humbug in the shape of a groom Alfred Smirk was the man. He was very civil to me, and never used me ill; […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 30. A Thief
Chapter 30. A Thief My new master was an unmarried man. He lived at Bath, and was much engaged in business. His doctor advised him to take horse exercise, and for this purpose he bought me. He hired a stable a short distance from his lodgings, and engaged a man named Filcher as groom. My […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 29. Cockneys
Chapter 29. Cockneys Then there is the steam-engine style of driving; these drivers were mostly people from towns, who never had a horse of their own and generally traveled by rail. They always seemed to think that a horse was something like a steam-engine, only smaller. At any rate, they think that if only they […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 28. A Job Horse and His Drivers
Chapter 28. A Job Horse and His Drivers Hitherto I had always been driven by people who at least knew how to drive; but in this place I was to get my experience of all the different kinds of bad and ignorant driving to which we horses are subjected; for I was a “job horse”, […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 27. Ruined and Going Downhill
Chapter 27. Ruined and Going Downhill As soon as my knees were sufficiently healed I was turned into a small meadow for a month or two; no other creature was there; and though I enjoyed the liberty and the sweet grass, yet I had been so long used to society that I felt very lonely. […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 26. How it Ended
Chapter 26. How it Ended It must have been nearly midnight when I heard at a great distance the sound of a horse’s feet. Sometimes the sound died away, then it grew clearer again and nearer. The road to Earlshall led through woods that belonged to the earl; the sound came in that direction, and […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 25. Reuben Smith
Chapter 25. Reuben Smith Now I must say a little about Reuben Smith, who was left in charge of the stables when York went to London. No one more thoroughly understood his business than he did, and when he was all right there could not be a more faithful or valuable man. He was gentle […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 24. The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse
Chapter 24. The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse Early in the spring, Lord Wexmire and part of his family went up to London, and took York with them. I and Ginger and some other horses were left at home for use, and the head groom was left in charge. The Lady Harriet, who remained […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 23. A Strike for Liberty
Chapter 23. A Strike for Liberty One day my lady came down later than usual, and the silk rustled more than ever. “Drive to the Duchess of B’s,” she said, and then after a pause, “Are you never going to get those horses’ heads up, York? Raise them at once and let us have no […]