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the streets with the Doctor's big buggy wagon, 

 unhitched and head down, would not have taken 

 her to be the high-spirited, mettlesome animal she 

 was; but with it all she had a great affection for 

 the Doctor and would follow him about in harness 

 or under saddle like a faithful dog. "Dora" be- 

 came more extensively known throughout the 

 state from the military use she got in the camps 

 of the National Guards, while the Doctor was a 

 major on the staff of General George R. Snowden, 

 and in parades in Philadelphia; and in her ten years 

 of such service she frequently distinguished herself 

 in camp in the leaps she took over a barrier made 

 of muskets, boxes, or other material that could be 

 piled up, for the mare was not afraid to face any- 

 thing she was asked to leap. "Pandora," in her 

 old age, had to be killed, in Philadelphia, but her 

 end was glorious, for she was served up in steaks 

 to some choice friends at a dinner at the Phila- 

 delphia Club, and while all pronounced the steaks 

 delicious, yet when the nature of the meat was dis- 

 closed, some there were who found the dinner 

 difficult to retain. 



Other good horses there were, both in the 

 racing and in the hunting field. 



Charles H. Townsend's thoroughbred horse, 

 "Rummey," won most of the early flat and hurdle 

 races. 



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