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Ben Land, then in good fettle as trainer 

 and rider, and that worthy at once took a 

 great fancy to the fearless young fellow. He 

 never cared much about farming, but either 

 with hounds or in wearing a silk jacket he was 

 thoroughly at home. Land soon gave him 

 plenty of public practice, and within a very 

 short space of time the brilliant young amateur 

 was in great demand all round the country. 

 He was a man of most charming manners 

 and disposition, a gentleman from top to 

 toe. His kindness of heart endeared him to 

 everybody with whom he was brought in 

 contact, and his death, which he met whilst 

 riding Chippenham over a fence at Liver- 

 pool, seemed almost like a national calamity 

 in the world of sport. 



For Lord Poulett, one of the keenest steeple- 

 chasing owners that ever lived, he won the 

 Liverpool, as before mentioned, on The Lamb, 

 probably the smallest horse in point of inches 

 ever successful for the big event. Nobody 

 rightly seemed to know just what height he 

 stood, but I believe I am stating George Ede's 



