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100 1 _aTuttle, W. C.
_q(Wilbur C.),
_d1883-1969
245 1 0 _aI buy me couple horses
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aProduced from the October 1, 1930 issue of Adventure magazine.
500 _aRelease date is 2026-04-23
508 _aPrepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net)
520 _aI buy me couple horses by W. C. Tuttle is a humorous Western short story written in the early 20th century. It follows a would-be horse owner who moves out to keep a couple of horses and runs headlong into slick dealers, misfit mounts, and the comic hazards of chasing the “perfect” animal. The narrator declares his plan to keep horses, which instantly draws a parade of peddling cowboys and dubious stock. He trials a string of rejects—a shirt-eating “kind” horse, a whiplash-quick polo pony, and a toothless old-timer—then is tempted by a dusk-delivered sorrel that seems like the real prize. Overnight the animal wrecks his stable and corral, forcing a wild roping and hog-tying to an oak before it breaks loose again. A phone call reveals the beast is a notorious stable-smasher passed from hand to hand, and the dealers promptly offer a gentle brown mare as a cure-all. The tale closes with the narrator’s dry refusal, underscoring the wry lesson: in horse trading, the sales pitch is often the wildest thing on the place. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: The Ridgway Company, 1930
653 _aShort stories
653 _aHorses -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from the October 1, 1930 issue of Adventure magazine.
856 4 _uhttps://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PU/ADV_1930_10_01.pdf
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78530
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