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in front passing the post, whilst the 

 next stride placed Paradox again in the 

 van. I didn't measure the inches, but 

 this imaginary illustration may serve to 

 convey my meaning. 



Jimmy Snowden was another brilliant 

 horseman when sober, and not so bad 

 when he wasn t, and I was an ardent 

 admirer of his riding. 



I remember a match between Archer 

 on Knight of Burghly and Snowden on 

 Lock Leven at Manchester. It was 

 quite a sporting affair, and after both 

 jockeys riding for all they were worth, 

 one won by a head, but for the life of me 

 I can't remember which just now, and 

 as I've never made a reference of any 

 sort since I started, I'm not going to 

 begin now. It's too much worry, and 

 what little hair there is left on my cranium 

 is fast going grey. 



