The horse died after accidentally ingesting some left-over lutefisk at a St. Olaf's Day Celebration out there in Minnesota. Unfortunately, there was no antidote readily available, the akvavit having been consumed some hours earlier.
Uncle Ole was snapped while waiting for a taxi, and making sure no one stole the horse shoes. There were rumors of a Swedish plot, but there's no use flogging that particular ....
Someone gave me a lutefisk lure for Christmas.