@Mrfunkedude if you read old newspapers, the number of people getting severely injured or killed by horses was a pretty high number. Falling off, getting dragged to death; your car doesn't kick you in the face when it's in a bad mood.
On the other hand, the number of stories about getting in your wagon drunk, telling the horse to giddyapp, and waking up parked in your own yard the next morning was a counterpoint I suppose
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