the article isn't particularly clear on this bit
"One well-known Waler was Major Michael Shanahan’s mount, "Bill the Bastard", who bucked when asked to gallop. Yet, during World War I, when the major found four Australians outflanked by the Turks, "Bill the Bastard" carried all five men – three on his back and one on each stirrup – .75 miles (1.21 km) through soft sand at a lumbering gallop, without first bucking.[2]"
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the article isn't particularly clear on this bit "One well-known...
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