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- From: wcollins@netcom.com (Walter J. Collins)
- Subject: Re: Horsey DinnerTheatres, what I saw
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.232123.24393@netcom.com>
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- References: <92322.29954.6175190@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:21:23 GMT
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- In article <92322.29954.6175190@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> 6175190@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
- >Speaking of Walter Farley and the Black Stallion books, has anyone else
- >ever wondered how the heck they got an Arabian Stallion in the Kentucky
- >Derby? ;-) Aw, artistic license. Of course, I think Walter was only 17
- >when he wrote his first book in the late 30's. Great stuff though!
- >
- >Diane & Spring & Dancer
-
- Well, actually, the Black himself was never in the Kentucky Derby. And,
- the reason for entering him in the match race in the first book was
- precisely because that was the only race a non-registered horse
- could be run in. As far as the books after that, I understood it as
- a combination of artistic license and the fact that Alec did know
- the Black's lineage once the horse had been re-claimed by his rightful
- owner, and then of course bequeathed to Alec upon the sheik's death.
-
- I know Walter Farley was young when his first book was published, but
- I seem to remember that he was a freshman in college (about 18 or 19).
-
- For any other fans of the Black who may not have heard (it didn't seem
- to be in the news), Farley died a few years ago. He was working on
- a book about the Black's young years (before meeting Alec), which
- was completed by Farley's son. It is called _The Young Black Stallion_
- if I remember correctly, and was a fairly good read, but not as good
- as I seem to recall tthe rest of the series being. I'm not sure if that
- may just have been becuase I've rather outgrown the series a long time
- ago or if it actually wasn't quite up to par (perhaps because it
- was partially written by Farley's son?).
-
- On a related note: quite a while back a great horsey reading list
- was compiled by this newsgroup. I've lost my copy, does anyone
- still have it?
-
- Kristin
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