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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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There
was
a
fierce
wrangle
among
the
dog-men.
This
was
a
tie,
since
neither
had
scored,
and
Minkie
and
her
rival
were
allowed
to
run
again;
but
that
half-mile
had
been
too
hot,
and
they
had
no
show
for
the
cup.
Mickey
met
"Diamonds"
next
day,
by
chance.
"Have
a
cigar,
Mickey."
"Oi
will
thot,
sor.
Faix,
thim's
so
foine;
I'd
loike
two--thank
ye,
sor."
VIII
From
that
time
the
Little
Warhorse
became
the
pride
of
the
Irish
boy.
Slipper
Slyman
had
been
honorably
reinstated
and
Mickey
reduced
to
the
rank
of
Jack-starter,
but
that
merely
helped
to
turn
his
sympathies
from
the
Dogs
to
the
Rabbits,
or
rather
to
the
Warhorse,
for
of
all
the
five
hundred
that
were
brought
in
from
the
drive
he
alone
had
won
renown.
There
were
several
that
crossed
the
Park
to
run
again
another
day,
but
he
alone
had
crossed
the
course
without
getting
even
a
turn.
Twice
a
week
the
meets
took
place;
forty
or
fifty
Jacks
were
killed
each
time,
and
the
five
hundred
in
the
pen
had
been
nearly
all
eaten
of
the
arena.
The
Warhorse
had
run
each
day,
and
as
often
had
made
the
Haven.
Mickey
became
wildly
enthusiastic
about
his
favorite's
powers.
He
begot
a
positive
affection
for
the
clean-limbed
racer,
and
stoutly
maintained
against
all
that
it
was
a
positive
honor
to
a
Dog
to
be
disgraced
by
such
a
Jack.
It
is
so
seldom
that
a
Rabbit
crosses
the
track
at
all,
that
when
Jack
did
it
six
times
without
having
to
dodge,
the
papers
took
note
of
it,
and
after
each
meet
there
appeared
a
notice:
"The
Little
Warhorse
crossed
again
today;
old-timers
say
it
shows
how
our
Dogs
are
deteriorating."
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