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   From: mmikeda@erols.com   
      
   Julian Bradfield  wrote in   
   news:slrnj63tsq.mkl.jcb@krk.inf.ed.ac.uk:   
      
   > On 2011-09-03, Prai Jei    
   > wrote:   
   >> A good horse can manage 45mph for a few miles, so any   
   >> Orc-cavalry could   
   >   
   > Not in the real world it can't. The world record for 2 miles is   
   > 37mph. And I doubt that Orcs treated their horses like modern   
   > world-class thoroughbred racehorses.   
      
   Do orcs even ride horses?   
      
   (They DO sometimes ride wolves.)   
      
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