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   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   J. Clarke  wrote:   
   >Every search I've been able to come up with gives me a huge number of   
   >hits for everything from insurance agencies to manufacturers of horse   
   >blankets, but not the story I'm looking for.   
   >   
   >The story title was "Quality".  The story was that an extraterrestrial   
   >ambassador, who was more or less a centaur in general conformation,   
   >was to be presented at the Court of Saint James, and, per his people's   
   >custom, needed to be attired in clothing made on the planet he was   
   >visiting.  An elderly tailor was approached, with instructions from   
   >the government to create a "horse blanket".  He refused, and came up   
   >with something much more suitable, by which action humanity passed a   
   >test.   
   >   
   >Does anybody remember the author of that one or the title of the   
   >collection in which it was published?   
      
   No.  But I can imagine some very spiffy horse barding that would   
   go excellently with a formal jacket and white tie.  Made,   
   perhaps, of the same fabric as the trousers of bipeds, and fitted   
   expertly.   
      
   Dorothy J. Heydt   
   Vallejo, California   
   djheydt@kithrup.com	   
      
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