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myself from that out entirely to sport. Though I failed to 

 get ' Sappers ' and succeeded in obtaining only a commission 

 in the ' Gunners/ I had the fleeting glory (remembered now 

 only by myself) of obtaining the winner's prize for winning 

 the greatest number of events each time I competed at the 

 annual foot races for the cadets. 



