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smiling, as much as to say, as I 

 thought, " Come along." Nothing loth, 

 I mounted, and taking hold of four, all 

 nearly thorough-bred tits, I was soon 

 after them. 



Now, the road from Liphook to Peters- 

 field, to speak plainly, is all up and 

 down -hill, the two steepest being at 

 the end of the stage, and at that time 

 it was extremely hard and rough. After 

 ascending the first rise, I saw my 

 two opponents, one a little in advance 

 of the other, full a mile distant, seem- 

 ingly going very fast. I put my little 

 thorough-bred ones into a gallop, and as 

 the road narrowed in places, I had to 

 mark in my mind where I could or 

 should pass them. 



The first, the "Regulator," I overtook 

 going up the hill out of the village of 

 Rake, and passed him with the greatest 

 ease; and the other, the "Hero," I could 



