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had jumped, into the road, and his hat flew 

 past me, but I caught it in the air as my 

 horse rose at the gate out ; my brother, who 

 was my whip then, took it from me and 

 carried it to the finish. Shamrock was a 

 clever horse, and only gave me one fall in 

 one term; he came from the Hon. Mark 

 Rolles. Osman was my brother's horse. 

 He was a wonderful stayer and fencer, but 

 gave us both many a roll. I have seen him 

 fall down three times going to the meet with 

 my brother, who counted this as a little failing 

 of no account whatever. Osman carried me 

 through perhaps the best run the Pytchley 

 (Woodland) had during Lord Spencer's Mas- 

 tership fifty minutes from Finedon Poplars 

 to Thrapstone. Philips and I had boxed 

 through to Kettering, and it is not every 



