M. JAMES FILLIS 



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at an earl); age to France where he got engaged as a juvenile 

 performer in a circus. As time went on, he developed great 

 love for horses and soon began to train for manege work 

 according to his own inspiration. Fillis is a slight, active, 

 wiry man of about 8 st. 7 Ibs. in weight, and sixty-five years 



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FIG. 14. St. Isaac's Cathedral in winter. 



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of age. He is very much of the same kind of build as was 

 poor George Fordham, and no doubt would have been a 

 brilliant jockey, had he entered that line. He is very 

 energetic and is always true to his favourite motto, en 

 avant. Baucher and his followers were academic and slow ; 

 Fillis is original and full of impulsion. The first time I saw 

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