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a safe conveyance over a big country. And 

 Liverpool is a very big country, despite all 

 that the "fogey" school can say about it. 

 The beautiful chestnut carried his head too 

 much tucked into his chest and galloped 

 too high for a chaser, but as a hurdle-jumper 

 he was absolutely invincible. What par- 

 ticularly struck me about him was that 

 he didn't seem to look where he was going. 

 That does not so much matter " over the 

 sticks," but I have taken too many falls 

 from this sort of horse, at thick fences, not 

 to be rather shy of them now. However, 

 far cleverer heads than mine made him 

 favourite for the big 'chase, and as Jewitt, 

 a first-rate man over a country, and the 

 horse's own trainer, elected to ride him 

 instead of the little black Eegal, on whom 

 Joe Cannon had the mount, I dare say it 

 was only prejudice on my part. All the 

 same, it was a lucky prejudice for me person- 

 ally, for I followed '' the Captain's " example 

 which he set at Sandown, and had my 

 coppers on the five - year - old. Chandos 



