“A man that don't love a Horse, there is something the matter with him. If he has no sympathy for the man that does love Horses, then there is something worse the matter with him.”

—  Will Rogers

"A Skinny Dakota Kid Who Made Good"
The Illiterate Digest (1924)

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American humorist and entertainer 1879–1935

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