Nov 29, 2003, silvercat, “Thunderkitties, the only weekly Thundercats fancomic”, in alt.fan.thundercats, Usenet, retrieved 2022-08-31:

I was utterly unprepared for the reception I received when I trotted up towards the stall reserved for the second placegetter, in the Saddling Enclosure.

Shandy joined the ingoers and found out why.

Satin calf should be very carefully shaved to get a level substance; also extremely well set, scoured, sumacked, and sleaked out as other calf, but heavier stuffed, keeping the grain free from dubbing, seasoned and blacked as described for satin horse, and finished in the same way. [From the London Tanners' and Curriers' Journal.]