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fell off and lay unconscious, until found half-dead 

 with fright and real injuries. 



The feather-weight pace-maker's reputation 

 became worse than before. Needless to add, 

 the novice did not buy him ; he was virtually 

 useless for racing purposes, having got unnerved, 

 yet out hunting six months later a lady rode him 

 to hounds. 



He was a grand fencer, and quick as a needle, 

 and at eight years of age he took harness without 

 a murmur, and became one of the best leaders of 

 a tandem in town. Needless to add he was not 

 designed by Providence to make a comfortable 

 wheeler ; in fact, he would have been almost 

 undrivable as such. 



