YOU SAID:
he hurt horses he said
INTO JAPANESE
彼は馬を傷つけたと彼は言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He said he hurt the horse
INTO JAPANESE
彼は馬を傷つけたと言いました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He said he hurt the horse.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は馬を傷つけたと言いました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He said he had hurt the horse.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は馬を傷つけたと言いました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He said he had hurt the horse.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.