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ENGLISH TURF GOSSIP AND COMMENT It Is the Irony of fate that some of our finest riders to hounds have met their end over twofoot fences or crossing an open drain but when all is said let a horseman take what chances he may he is Infinitely more likely to die In his bed than In his boots and the risks of the saddle In toil or sport are little greater than those met with In the average occupations of the world The Bad ¬ minton Magazine MagazineThere There is a story current of a city man backing a certain horse which we will call Eclipse for a race the other day e p The animal won all right but when the backer called at the office to collect hia money he fonnd a piece of paper pinned on the door with Eclipse won also ran me and my blooming clerk Horse and Hound HoundSure Sure enough M de Szemere the Hungarian racing man Is to try Japanese jockeys Six boys are to join liis stable at Tata the end of this mouth gad be well tried out i
