"DEVIL1 HORSE" DEAD
"Midnight," the famous bucking horse of the Wild West, has gone to his last round up. At the age of 20 this "devil horse" died at the ranch of his owners, McCarthy and Elliott, near Johnson, Colorado. For 14 years "Midnight"-was unconquered. The Nation's best riders strove in vain to ride him. His cunning tactics ' and tremendous bucks won an international reputation, and "Midnight" appeared in London as well as in many cities of the United States and Canada. The horse went into retirement three years ago, after he had at last been ridden, twice at Fort Worth, Texas, in'l933, But for,'l4 years he had-appearedJateiodeosiundefeSted,,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 16
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108"DEVIL1 HORSE" DEAD Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 16
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