If this bureau had a prayer for use around horse parks, it would go something like this: Lead us not among bleeding-hearts to whom horses are cute or sweet or adorable, and deliver us from horse-lovers. Amen.... With that established, let’s talk about the death of Seabiscuit the other night. It isn’t mawkish to say, there was a racehorse, a horse that gave race fans as much pleasure as any that ever lived and one that will be remembered as long and as warmly.
ATTRIBUTION:
Walter Wellesley (Red) Smith (1905–1982), U.S. author, sports columnist, reporter. “A Horse You Had to Like,” The New York Times (May 20, 1947).
