“Not leg weary as any other horse would have been, the gallant gray trotted full-flight down to the wire. Each powerful stride as strong and long as the one before it. He devoured the track one magnificent stroke after another, then flashed under the wire, pulling the roar of the crowd along in his wake.”
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Cheryl L. Eriksen,
Greyhound: The Remarkable Story of the Harness-Racing Horse Who Inspired a Nation