Around noon on Monday, Aug. 21, Central Park carriage driver Tom Quinn got a nuzzle on the face from his teammate, Murphy.
In return, Quinn gave a carrot to the robust, dark-brown horse, and then another, and another. Quinn, from Ireland, has happily worked with horses in the park for 28 years.
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