
09-10-2006, 10:43 PM
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Saratoga
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BellamyRd.
What horse was said to have an I.Q. equivalent to a human sixth grader? He exploded onto the national scene in 1897 by demonstrating inexplicable abilities to read, write, spell, do mathematics, tell time, sort mail, use a cash register and a telephone, cite Bible passages, and debate politics. For the next nine years, he performed in nation-wide expositions and world's fairs to wildly receptive crowds, smashing box office records, overcoming hurdles of prejudice and skepticism, all the while winning rapturous praise from the press and such leaders as President McKinley and Booker T. Washington.
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