True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 18
young George, with three or four boys, were inthe field looking at the colt, and, when the boys said againthat it could never be tamed, George said : You help me gelon his back and Ill tame him. GEORGE WASHINGTON ** After Lard work they got a bridle-bit in the colts mouthand put young George on its… … YOUNG WASHINGTON RIDING A COLT. plunge to free itself from this determined boy on its back, thecolt burst a blood-vessel and fell to the ground dead. Then the boys felt worried, you may be sure. But whilethey were wondering what Georges mother would say, theboy went straight to the house determined…
