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In the chaotic tangle of dust, horseflesh and steel, finding an unexpected advantage was not difficult for those unyoked from scruple.

Thanks to an eighth century papal order forbidding the consumption of horseflesh, horse bones rarely appear in medieval trash pits packed with cow, sheep, goat, and chicken bones.

The air smelled of pine wax, fresh paint, and cigar smoke, and only when we passed the paddock did I catch the faintest whiff of horseflesh.

Elizabeth’s remedies for depression or bad times were work, fresh air and horseflesh.

Within a decade of his death, Angelenos were jilting horseflesh contests for horsepower.