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Max is a young black horse that Lord W purchases to match Black Beauty after Ginger throws a fit in the harness. He’s always used the bearing rein, and he explains that horse doctors and dealers know bearing reins are bad for horses and shorten their lives. But those people, Max insists, also don’t care, as they can sell more horses when horses wear out faster.
Max Quotes in Black Beauty
The Black Beauty quotes below are all either spoken by Max or refer to Max. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 23 Quotes
“I was at a dealer’s once, who was training me and another horse to go as a pair; he was getting our heads up, as he said, a little higher and a little higher every day. A gentleman who was there asked him why he did so; ‘Because,’ said he, ‘people won’t buy them unless we do. The London people always want their horses to carry their heads high, and to step high; of course it is very bad for the horses, but then it is good for trade. The horses soon wear up, or get diseased, and they come for another pair.’”
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Max Character Timeline in Black Beauty
The timeline below shows where the character Max appears in Black Beauty. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 23
...starts training Ginger for foxhunting, while Black Beauty pulls the carriage with a horse named Max. Max is used to the bearing rein, though he acknowledges that it’s shortening their lives....
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Chapter 25
...weeks or months, and then has a “bout” and terrorizes his wife and everyone else. Max tells Black Beauty that Smith was fired once, years ago, when he couldn’t drive a...
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