Horses in Fiction or History

Horses in Fiction or History
Altair who served Ben Hur; Bucephalus, who served Alexander the Great; Buttermilk, who served Dale Evans; Egypt, who served General Ulysses S Grant; Fritz, who served William S Hart; Jenny, who served Robert Burns; Ko-Ko, who served Rex Allen; Lightning, who served Tim Holt; Marengo, who served Napoleon; Nelson, who served George Washington, Pegasus-Rosinante, who served Don Quixote; Tony, who served Tom Mix; Topper, who served Hopalong Cassidy; Trigger, who served Roy Rogers; Xanthus, who served Achilles; Traveller, who served General Robert E Lee; and don’t forget Black Jack, who marched alone in presidential funerals

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