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Captain
Jerry purchases Hotspur as Captain’s replacement. He’s only five years old and was a gentleman’s horse previously. However, Hotspur is nervous and spirited—and he injured himself when he got scared and bolted, which frightened his former owner and scarred him too much to remain in the gentleman’s stable. Initially, Hotspur is offended to be a cab horse. But after only a week, he admits that Jerry’s skilled driving makes cab work preferable to carriage work with a bearing rein.
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Hotspur Character Timeline in Black Beauty
The timeline below shows where the character Hotspur appears in Black Beauty. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 44
...a spirited gentleman’s horse who scarred too much after an injury. The horse’s name is Hotspur; he’s only five and very friendly. He’s restless at first, but soon settles. Hotspur initially...
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Chapter 45
...says that Black Beauty will be fine with a week or two of rest, but Hotspur will quickly become dangerous without exercise. He suggests that if Polly is interested, he could...
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...in what their father is going to do now. One day, while Harry is grooming Hotspur, he and Dolly learn that the woman Jerry met last summer, Mrs. Fowler, has hired...
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