Hoof Beats From Virginia Other Lands

Author : Philip Hichborn
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ISBN 13 : 9781330654064
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Hoof Beats From Virginia Other Lands (Classic Reprint) written by Philip Hichborn and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hoof Beats From Virginia Other Lands When the Marquis was sixteen, they "blistered" him, "fired" him, and then turned him out. He was dead lame in his off foreleg; he would never gallop again, they said, but that is not the end of the Marquis's life-story, on the contrary, the crowning triumph of the Marquis's existence was yet to come. Fullerton, whose horse he was, did not remember exactly why he had called him the Marquis, he said, unless it was because as a colt his arrogant pride and his courage suggested that of the old French aristocrats when they walked, smiling, to the guillotine. Fullerton had said at the time that if the Marquis ever broke his leg and had to be shot he would limp out into the paddock, with his head up, his nostrils dilated in that slightly contemptuous air he always wore (for the Marquis was descended from "Torchlights" on the male side), and would take his medicine like a gentleman and a sportsman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.