{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5d50","title":"Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve","publish_year":1888,"publish_source":"The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/cu31924009183298/page/n129/mode/2up","author":"Banjo Paterson","code":"old-pardon-the-son-of-reprieve","words":1391,"image":"racehorse.jpg","image_alt":"A bridled horse racing down a track. Graphite filter.","genres":["poetry"],"blurb":"For weight wouldn’t stop him, nor distance - Nor odds, though the others were fast - He’d race with a dogged persistence - And wear them all down at the last.","description":"Prized racehorse ‘Pardon’ wins and wins and wins until they come against the foul players of the more prestigious races.","rating":3,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}