If you could call the thing a horse. If it hadn't shown a flash of spe…

P. G. Wodehouse
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If you could call the thing a horse. If it hadn't shown a flash of speed in the straight, it would have got mixed up with the next race. ✨ P.G. Wodehouse (2000). The Most Of P.G. Wodehouse, p.534, Simon and Schuster
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If you could call the thing a horse. If it hadn't shown a flash of speed in the straight, it would have got mixed up with the next race. ✨ P.G. Wodehouse (2000). The Most Of P.G. Wodehouse, p.534, Simon and Schuster

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