Having for years faithfully followed all the fantastic feats of the famous black stallion and his owner-rider, Alec Ramsey, we find it difficult to believe that Alec would be careless enough to let his $100,000 horse-barn burn to the ground the very night he discovers his insurance on said barn has lapsed. Be that as it may, Mr. Farley uses it [in "The Black Stallion's Courage"] as an excuse (as if he needed one) to let the Black run again to glory….
Marjorie Burger, "The Black Runs Again: 'The Black Stallion's Courage'," in The New York Times Book Review (© 1956 by The New York Times Company; reprinted by permission), November 11, 1956, p. 42.
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