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Custer s Rugged Horse* *To Get ‘Beauty Treatment*Comanche, the rugged horse which alone survived the Custer In* dian massacre of 1876, is going to receive a set of beauty treatments from Klauss Abegg, a Swiss taxidermist.The horse, feature exhibit in the Dyche museum at the University of Kansas, survived the massacre of Custer’s regiment at the battle of the Little Big Horn without a scar, but dust, rain and a leaking roof combined to make the mounted exhibit come apart at the seams.• •Abegg said that the mounted steed needed a complete overhaul job which includes stitching of the cracked places in the hide and an old-fashioned rub-down to remove dust and mold,. 1 iComanche, a veteran horse in the Seventh cavalry, was returned to the army outpost at Fort Hiley, Kan., after the battle and was accorded military honors. Later the animal died and was removed to the museum here many years ago.
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Lockhart Post Register
Lockhart, Texas, US
Thu, Nov 09, 1939
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