THE LIFE OF A SPORTSMAN 



Goodall, by the well-conducted breedino- establisluneiit that he 

 liad formed, together with his temporary success — for he had 

 just won the Oaks, and had run second for the St. Leger— that 

 he had made a vow to himself, that, before he was three years 

 older, he would win a Derby or an Oaks, if money or management 

 could effect it. 



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