# Horse statue comment

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-statue-comment/852>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [March 20, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-statue-comment/852 "2000-03-20T17:34:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![hussman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@hussman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hussman)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-statue-comment/852/1 "2000-03-20T17:34:00Z")

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From [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5\_074.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_074.html)

Just a comment about General John Sedgwick, I read in ‘Reader’s Digest Book of Facts’ his reported last words were,

“They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist-”

Talk about eating your words…  
dfh