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A fact from Bankes's Horse appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 December 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that by kneeling before a cross the renowned 16th-century English performing horse Marocco(pictured) saved his master from death by burning as a witch?
Latest comment: 14 years ago4 comments4 people in discussion
Excellent Read, congrats to the Editors of the Article
The article as appeared on December 27 was a joy to read. The Elizabethans were gloriously vulgar. The performing life of Marocco was positively picaresque. Thanks to Una Smith, Pitke and The Man in Question.--Francis Burdett (talk) 21:14, 27 December 2009 (UTC)Reply
You are very welcome! It was a pleasure for me to play a small part in developing the article and giving it a DYK hook that might draw the most readers. --Una Smith (talk) 21:53, 27 December 2009 (UTC)Reply
As far as I could tell the whole showman article (except his death) was sourced to "Banks (fl.1588–1637)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900". As there were no inline citations it was impossible to tell what was sourced and what wasn't without access to the book. Given the quality, thoroughness and better sourcing of this article I decided to simply redirect the showman one here. This is a link to the previous version of that article. AIRcorn(talk)06:09, 13 April 2016 (UTC)Reply