[Sca-cooks] Onagers

[Terry Decker]

I've got no idea where the quote comes from, as I didn't put it forward.  It 
appears the onager is very fast and difficult to hunt from horseback, which 
may have provided the basis for the quote.  Here's a little site that I 
found of interest:

http://www.arabianwildlife.com/archive/vol1.2/onager.htm

Bear

> I'd still like to see the reference for the Onager's ability to 'outrun 
> any horse ever born'.
> I've personally owned at least one racing horse in my life, and it was 
> pretty durned swift.
>
> William de Grandfort