Word: percheronsâ
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...winter day back in 1908. Late in the afternoon I crossed Pennsylvania Avenue at Twelfth Street. Not only was the air crisp, but a gusty wind was swirling a sudden downpour of snow. Up the avenue from the Capitol came a huge dray drawn by six white Percherons???an unusually large hitch even for those horse days. Reaching the sidewalk I turned to give a second glance and then burst into uproarious laughter. . . . Greenough's George Washington had appeared through the haze of snow, and towering there ten feet high, naked to the waist, one arm raised to heaven, riding...
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