Question

"the boys called her the fifteen-minute nag, but that was only in fun, you know, because of course she was faster than that-and he used to win money on that horse, for all she was so slow and always had the asthma,or the distemper, or the consumption, or something of that kind" meaning in standard american english plz help thank u

Answer 1

i dont get it.. from what I see it's about a slow woman who gives "THE BOYS" wealth :p

Answer 2

Smiley had a mare that the boys liked to call the "fifteen-minute nag." She seemed really old and slow, and she had asthma. She’d get a head start, then amble along until the end of the race, when she’d suddenly start bolting ahead like crazy, wheezing, until she would win, but barely.

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