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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 6, 1931 | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Horse Slippers | 3/9/1931 | See Source »

...India the pious bow before sacred Brahma bulls. Last week impious Chicagoans sold several of these holy animals for bologna. They brought only $8.50 the 100 lb.-on-the-hoof. Ordinary prime Texas steers brought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Lion | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

...Animal Industry, including the inspection of beef, the control of hoof-and-mouth disease, cattle tick, livestock quarantine and interstate transportation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: First Fruit | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

Last summer Clarence led Dick to the Marshall County Fair; Dick won the grand champion steer prize. Then Clarence led Dick to the Iowa State Fair at Des Moines; Dick won third prize. Both prizes brought Clarence $148 cash. Someone offered Clarence $1 a pound for Dick on the hoof. Clarence's father said sell; Clarence said no, he wanted to exhibit Dick at the International Live Stock Show at Chicago. And to Chicago last week he led Dick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Live Stock Show | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

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