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Updated: June 7, 2025
The horse has a pedigree longer than mine, and I have often noticed that ancestors are worth a great deal more to horses than to human beings." "Oh, the price can be managed," said the Colonel, good naturedly. "Broussard's horses will probably be sold for a song." Gamechick was not sold for a song, however, but for an excellent price.
Outside the door, a trooper was holding Gamechick by the bridle, delivering the horse to his new master. "Good-bye, good horse," said Broussard, patting Gamechick's neck. "You did me the best turn any creature, man or beast, ever did me, and I promise never to forget my obligations to you." Horses are sentimental creatures. Gamechick knew that Broussard's words were a farewell.
Half an hour after Colonel Fortescue and Broussard rode away, Anita, walking into her mother's room, said to Mrs. Fortescue: "Mother, let us ride this afternoon. It is so gloriously clear and cold." Mrs. Fortescue turned from the desk where she was writing and hesitated. "I saw your father go off on Gamechick. You can ride Pretty Maid, but your father objects so much to my riding Birdseye."
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