Old Billy
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Old Billy (also called Billy or Ol' Billy) was the longest-living horse on record. Old Billy was verified to be 62 at his death.[1] Born in England in 1760, Billy adventured and became a barge horse that pulled barges up and down canals. Old Billy was said to look like a big cob/shire horse, and was brown with a white blaze.[2] Billy died 27 November 1822.[citation needed]
Billy's skull now resides in the Manchester Museum.[3] A lithograph was published, showing Old Billy with Squire Henry Harrison, who had "known the animal for fifty-nine years", and a portrait of him is held at the Warrington Museum & Art Gallery.[4]
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- ^ Ensminger Horses and Horsemanship. pp. 46–50.
- ^ "The Mane Facts About Horse Health". HorseFacts.org. Archived from the original on November 27, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ^ "Amazing Facts From The Manchester Museum" (PDF). Manchester Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- ^ Meier, Allison (4 March 2013). "Morbid Monday: The Split Head of Old Billy". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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