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little mar3 shall be his before night, a desire still further 

 confirmed as, after gliding smoothly over the ridge and 

 furrow of the next field, she jumps lightly on to a narrow 

 bank and so over the stake and bound at the top. 

 Sylvanson does the same, and then turns his head as he 





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hears a crash behind him— Boreas is on his back, and 

 Paddock rohing over and over till he is as far from the 

 big chaser as his hold of the reins will allow. Boreas 

 has not been taught to jump on to banks and take his 

 fences in two. His only idea of crossing a fence is to fly 

 it, and, taking oif a bit too soon, he has struck the im- 



