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Marine__0311 t1_j6igdj5 wrote

Reply to comment by Jawwaad127 in My great-grandfather, Paris (circa 1930) posing with the carriage and the horses that would drown him in the Seine. by thoxo

Horses are a lot bigger than people realize, and draft horse can get huge. Ive had quarter horses, and when people saw them, they were always amazed at how big and how fast they were.

My paddock was about 4 acres, irregularly shaped, and trees screening most of the edges, so you often didnt see them at first. When I'd call them, they would often be a few hundred yards away. When they came tearing around a corner at full speed, they often scared the hell out of people if they werent used to it.

I'm 100% positive they enjoyed doing that, as much as I did watching it.

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Jawwaad127 t1_j6ijg5p wrote

Great story fam. I know I’d be scared seeing big horses run around the corner out of the blue. Do you know what type of horses these are?

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Marine__0311 t1_j6m0scm wrote

I mentioned earlier that they looked like Percherons.

I based that on their appearance, having seen a few in my day. They were a popular working horse in France, as well as the UK, the US.

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