The early leaders were Wellington and an unnamed "Bangtail colt" who set a "very severe" pace from the start until half way up the straight.

"C'mon, you mangy wall-eyed bangtail, show me your worst!"

Heather Graham as Mary Kelly, a young prostitute or "bangtail" who builds up a relationship to Abberline and eventually falls in love with him.

"Man," said Dean, "that Victor is the sweetest, gonest, fran-ticest little bangtail cat I've ever in all my life met.

It is from the Bangtail Quarry, Sedan Quadrangle, Park County, Montana, USA, and was described by Peter Houde (1988).

"Watch now, I'll show you something my father showed me, just as his father showed him...." The cheeky Burrbob muttered under his breath, "An' his father showed him, just as his Auntie Bangtail showed him an' ... Yowch!"