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Beautiful Joe

CHAPTER XXV
10/25

In many ways we are a great deal better off in this new country than the people in Europe; but we are not in respect of cab horses, for in London and Paris they last for five years.

I have seen horses drop down dead in New York just from hard usage.

Poor brutes, there is a better time coming for them though.

When electricity is more fully developed, we'll see some wonderful changes.
As it is, last year in different places, about thirty thousand horses were released from those abominable horse cars, by having electricity introduced on the roads.

Well, Fleetfoot, do you want another spin?
All right, my boy, go ahead." Away we went again along a bit of level road.


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