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Yes, when all is said and done, perhaps the very acme 

 and perfection of a riding run, is to be attained within 

 fifteen miles of Melton. A man who has once been 

 fortunate enough to find himself, for ever so short a 

 distance, leading 



"The cream of the cream, in the shire of shires," 



will never, I imagine, forget his feelings of triumph and 

 satisfaction while he occupied so proud a position ; nor 

 do I think that, as a matter of mere amusement and 

 pleasurable excitement, life can offer anything to com- 

 pare with a good horse, a good conscience, a good start, 

 and 



"A quick thirty minutes from Banksborough Gorse." 



THE END. 



