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It was said that he attributed his victory in no 

 small deoTee to havino- read a letter written some 

 years before, by Mr. J. AI. Richardson, to his friend 

 Lord Melgund, describing exactly how some of the 

 more difficult fences should be ridden at, where to 

 take off at, etc. 



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