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Horse Image of the Week
Why We Like It There is definitely something gloomy & melancholy about this image, but we like it anyway. The horse doesn’t look particularly sad (or underfed) just tired. It’s really the setting itself that gives it an ominous vibe. Regardless of the slightly horror movie feel, we give this shot a thumbs up. We […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 45. Jerry’s New Year
Chapter 45. Jerry’s New Year For some people Christmas and the New Year are very merry times; but for cabmen and cabmen’s horses it is no holiday, though it may be a harvest. There are so many parties, balls, and places of amusement open that the work is hard and often late. Sometimes driver and […]
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Horse Image of the Week
Why We Like It While horses can be magnificent & lively, they also have a calm & sweet side that is part of what makes horse lovers so nuts for them. This handsome flaxen fellow looks calm & content. We also happen to have a thing for blondes!
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 44. Old Captain and His Successor
Chapter 44. Old Captain and His Successor Captain and I were great friends. He was a noble old fellow, and he was very good company. I never thought that he would have to leave his home and go down the hill; but his turn came, and this was how it happened. I was not there, […]
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Horse Image of the Week
Why We Like It There is something eternally magnificent & noble about the equine animal. This image is one of those rare one that captures the spirit of this beautiful animal perfectly. It’s simply a lucky shot of the horse in the foreground looking all alert & elegant, but there is something almost poetic about […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 43. A Friend in Need
Chapter 43. A Friend in Need The election day came at last; there was no lack of work for Jerry and me. First came a stout puffy gentleman with a carpet bag; he wanted to go to the Bishopsgate station; then we were called by a party who wished to be taken to the Regent’s […]
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Horse Image of the Week
Why We Like It Is there a better combination than horses & flowers? We didn’t think so. There are many reasons to love this image beyond the simple beauty of the photography itself. There is something very relaxing about watching a horse graze & this image captures that beautifully. Although we are a little worried, […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 42. The Election
Chapter 42. The Election As we came into the yard one afternoon Polly came out. “Jerry! I’ve had Mr. B here asking about your vote, and he wants to hire your cab for the election; he will call for an answer.” “Well, Polly, you may say that my cab will be otherwise engaged. I should […]
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Horse Image of the Week
Why We Like It Who doesn’t love a mother & baby shot? There are many reasons why we love this image & cuteness is just one of them. These are Dartmore ponies which are an incredibly old breed (the first documentation of their existence was over a millennia ago!). These are also very obviously dun […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 41. The Butcher
Chapter 41. The Butcher I saw a great deal of trouble among the horses in London, and much of it might have been prevented by a little common sense. We horses do not mind hard work if we are treated reasonably, and I am sure there are many driven by quite poor men who have […]
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Horse Image of the Week
Why We Like It It’s not a super exciting picture, but there is something sweet & tranquil about it. This resting pinto beauty is a Chincoteague pony. The ancestors of these ponies were brought over from Spain during settling of the new world. Their geographical isolation makes them a fairly pure strain of the original […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 40. Poor Ginger
Chapter 40. Poor Ginger One day, while our cab and many others were waiting outside one of the parks where music was playing, a shabby old cab drove up beside ours. The horse was an old worn-out chestnut, with an ill-kept coat, and bones that showed plainly through it, the knees knuckled over, and the […]