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Appleby Fair

Appleby Fair Don't go to Appleby fair you'll be upset at what you see there, young ponies in harness driven hard up the road, men ignorant of horses and their welfare. crowds at the riverside watch plunging horse being driven to exhaustion by rough young boys. Yearlings in harness needing a rest - coloured ponies put to the test, "horse down" someone shouts as pony in harness lies exhausted, "don't cut my new traces" the big man says, so they try to untangle the mare, who would go to the horse fair and seebullying and ignorance there.

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Date: 4/4/2011 8:56:00 AM
very well put, bringing the reader into the story. It is a sad state of affairs when others are cruel and you did a very good job putting it out there for others to read.
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