Old Billy

Billy's taxidermied head on display in Bedford Museum

Old Billy (AKA: Billy Boy or Billy), not to be confused with the Quarter horse of the same name, was the longest-lived horse on record. Old Billy was verified to be 62 at his death.^[1] Born in England in 1760, he lived as a barge horse that pulled barges up and down canals. Old Billy was said to look like a big cob/shire horse. He was brown with a white blaze.^[2] On 27 November 1822 Billy died. His lithograph was published, showing Old Billy, with Henry Harrison, who had known the animal for fifty-nine years.

Billy's skull now resides in the Manchester Museum.^[3]

References

1. Ensminger Horses and Horsemanship pp. 46–50
2. "The Mane Facts About Horse Health". HorseFacts.org. Archived from the original on November 27, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
3. "Amazing Facts From The Manchester Museum" (PDF). Manchester Museum. Retrieved 2013-01-16.

External links

• death-of-old-billy