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where a steeple-chase was announced, and that, bemg 

 unable to see what took place when a contest was held 

 over so many miles of straightforward hunting country, 

 these people would pay for places on a stand — near 

 which a betting-ring had also been set up. The area of 



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view was circumscribed, and so the course became short. 

 To fit these exigencies some of the fences had to be made, 

 and they were made easy. The cast-off from the flat 

 was taught to jump them, and when it came to galloping, 

 the true hunter had no chance against him. Pamning 

 such horses was evidently a good speculation. More of 



