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It has l)ccii olUMi remarked that one's lirsL impressions are 

 the best. I)iit l^oocI as my first e.\[)eriences were of T^ssex nien, 

 their horses antl the country they ricle o\'er, they have been 

 strenothenetl, not weakened, ]j\ the pleasant and vivid 

 memories recalled by, roLi^hl\- si^eakin^-, two decades of sport 



James Bailey 



enjoyed in their midst. What those first youthful Impressions 

 were I would here jot down, for every story and every book 

 must have ;u beg'innin^' ; and the C(jnfession will out that 

 makin-'- this first plunoe is harder th;ui a dart at the Hioh 



