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ing this year was held at Bredford, which made 

 Reginald more than ever anxious to win, as all 

 the sporting farmers, &c., who hunted with the 

 Mendale had pinned their faith to Independent, 

 especially as ' t' squoire were goin' to roide 

 hisself,' as they put it. 



It so happened that the Mendaleshire 

 Yeomanry were out for their annual training 

 that very week, and that their inspection was 

 held on the racecourse the day before the 

 National Hunt Meeting. Reginald commanded 

 the Radbrook troop, and a veiy fine lot of 

 yeomen they were : they all belonged to the 

 estate, and, as Reginald was very keen, he had 

 the smartest troop in the regiment. The 

 various troops used to march from their several 

 districts, and the regiment assembled in a large 

 field three miles outside Bredford, whence they 

 marched to the racecourse. Bredford always 

 turned out en masse to see the ' calvary,' as they 

 called them, march through. The small boys, 

 of course, used to chaff the sturdy yeomen 



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