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   From: no.spam@no.spam   
      
   On 9/3/2011 1:05 AM, Prai Jei wrote:   
      
   > A good horse can manage 45mph for a few miles, so any Orc-cavalry could   
   > outrun the Ents.   
      
   "Orc-cavalry"?? Was there really such a thing?   
      
   With Sauron's forces approaching, Gandalf advises Denethor:   
   "...in one thing only is the enemy still poorly provided:   
   he has few horsemen." (All ridden by Men I suppose, and probably   
   Easterlings.)   
      
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