Word: hoof
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...boar broke cover, but there was no chase. The boar charged the comedian. When they were 100 ft. apart, someone else in the party brought the beast down with a rifle-bullet. That night Mr. Chaplin ate boar, declaring he liked it better on the platter than on the hoof. Next day, after several sessions with a masseur to ease limbs strained by his perilous riding, he cancelled a trip to the Grand National Steeplechase (see p. 24). Said he: "I feel that the mere sight of horses going over the jumps would hurt every bone in my body." Also...
Horse carpet-slippers, designed to fit easily on a kicking, frightened horse, are made of heavy carpet cut in the shape of a cross. A strong drawstring run through eyelets in the four flaps, allows the covering to be tied securely, neatly over the hoof. To willing citizens who have old carpet ,to spare, the A. S. P. C. A. will send a pattern, explicit directions for making horse slippers...