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  COME ON IN AND LET FISH TELL YOU ABOUT THE BIG HORSE RACE. MERCY SAKES ALIVE YOU DON'T EXPECT FISH TO REMEMBER ALL THE NAMES AND DATES NOW DO YOU? SO WE WILL JUST SUBSTITUE WHERE WE HAVE TO. BUT THE HORSE'S NAMES WE WILL NEVER FORGET.


  PRINCESS WAS  A PINTO, 7/8 ARABIAN MARE AND FRIDAY WAS OUT OF A PONY MARE BY A QUARTER HORSE STUD.



  IT ALL STARTED AT A SQUARE DANCE, WHEN THINGS GOT SLOW AND THE BRAGGING RIGHTS GOT
GOING. NEXT THING, THERE WAS A BET AS TO WHO HAD THE FASTEST HORSE. LIKE FISH SAID THINGS WERE SLOW BUT THE CIDER WAS  FLOWING WITH THE VODKA AND PEPPERMINT SCHNAPPS.



  SEEMS THAT FISH THOUGHT HIS HORSE PRINCESS WAS THE FASTEST AND HIS GOOD FRIEND, WELL GUESS WE WILL HAVE TO CALL HIM BILLY BOB, THOUGHT HIS HORSE  FRIDAY WAS THE FASTEST.



  NOW THE BETTING GOT REALLY HEAVY, WAY UP TO$25.00!  NOW YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS WAS A LONG TIME AGO, AND MONEY MEANT SOMETHING. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 20 HOURS WAGES THEN.



  WELL AS TIME WENT ON AND RACE DAY GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER THE BET KEPT CHANGING. IT WOULD GO UP AND THEN CHANGE TO PROPERTY. LIKE A COON DOG OR A SHOT GUN. BUT FINALLY ON RACE DAY IT WAS SET. IF FRIDAY WON BILLY BOB GOT A CASE OF BEER. IF PRINCESS WON FISH GOT A PINT OF VODKA.









  NOW ON RACE DAY SINCE FISH WAS A FAT MAN HE HAD A JOCKEY RIDE PRINCESS. PRINCESS WAS ONE OF A KIND  WHEN EVER SHE WAS RUN OFF THE LINE,  WE NEVER USED STARTING GATES, SHE TOOK OFF AS SOON AS THE STARTER YELLED GO! THAT ALWAYS GAVE HER A JUMP ON THE OTHER HORSE.




  THE STARTER YELLED GO AND AWAY THEY WENT. PRINCESS WAS REALLY GETTING WITH IT 1/8 MILE AND SHE WAS  GONE NO CATCHING HER! FISH COULD TASTE THE VODKA.  BUT WHAT THE **@@&&%%$$ HERE COMES FRIDAY FROM WAY BEHIND. HOT DOG HE IS REALLY STRETCHING OUT. HIS BELLY IS ALMOST ON THE GROUND.




  ZOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM HE PASSES PRINCESS LIKE SHE AIN'T EVEN IN THE RACE. NOW WHERE DID THAT COME FROM SHE SAYS? WELL AS TIME WOULD PROVE PRINCESS WAS THE FASTEST IN THE 1/8 MILE BUT FRIDAY NEVER LOST A RACE AT 1/4 MILE. HE JUST PLUM FLAT OUT GOT WITH IT.










  WELL AS BILLY BOB DIDNT DRINK VODKA AND FISH DIDNT DRINK BEER, EVERYONE WAS HAPPY AS BILLY BOB GAVE THE VODKA TO FISH ANYWAY.





  OH YES,  FISH BOUGHT FRIDAY AND SHOWED HIM FOR MANY YEARS. IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE ABOUT FISH'S HORSES GO TO THE HOME PAGE



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