Word: fanfaron
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...horse that Butcher Auteroche so nobly saved turned out to be an 18-month-old thoroughbred named Fanfaron IV, sold to the slaughterhouse when its owner gave up on a losing venture in the horse-breeding business. It was not the first time that a French race horse had come to the end of a career on the chopping block. In a country where many people have developed a taste for steaks and stews that used to whinny instead of moo, prime horse cuts bring a dollar a pound at the boucheries chevalines - a tempting thought for racehorse breeders burdened...
...Fanfaron IV was snatched from the butcher, carefully trained as a steeplechaser. He got his first big chance in the Prix des Landes at Enghien, Belgium last spring. He won. All season long, Fanfaron IV ran scared. In eight races he finished first four times, second twice. He earned 4,000,000 francs. Last week in the Prix Georges Brinquant at Auteuil, Fanfaron won once more and put another 2,000-000 francs in his owner's pocket...
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