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through which we subsequently went, injuriously affected my 

 wife's health so much, that she felt it would be impossible for 

 her to bear the fatigue of riding day after day at the Exhibi- 

 tion. As I would have to run the affair entirely as a show 

 and not as a class, I felt that I could not work it properly 

 single-handed. I had intended to have gone home and to 

 have brought out some big jumping horses ; but the time was 

 too short to make these arrangements. So, greatly to our 

 regret, we were unable to return to Kimberley. 



