Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 663
Upon my birthday I received a present which gives methe greatest pleasure. I found it in the stables, a beauti-ful thoroughbred, a sorrel, and without a blemish. Often as I ride along under our great fir-trees, or onpaths through fields of waving grain, I wish that Comet and I could be transported… … a close finish. by s. m. janney, jr., age 16. (gold badge.) In my day-dream I see him looked at with contempt andindifference ; scorned, and perhaps laughed at. Around and around the ring the horses go! Walkingfirst, and the pace becomes a brisk trot, until finally agallop. Horse after horse is…
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