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NO WONDER THEY HAD NO CHANCE Petronel in the Christchurch New Zaland Weekly Press says that he recently heard an amus ¬ ing story about a gentleman rider who used to ride pretty frequently in New calami A wellknown training establishment with a steeplechase course not a hundred miles from Loudo was in the market about ten years ago and the New iSealauder rode over to have a look at the place In the course of liis inspection he met three young fellows Conver ¬ sation traveled all round the jumping and hunting compass and eventually one of the young fellows proposed a sweepstake of a tenner apiece for n round over the fences The visitor was not loth lint suggested that he should have one fence start This was agreed to and lie popped his mount over it and the others then pursued him I5ut they never ciught him After the visitor was complimented on tint jumping of his horse lie was asked whether th wn ner had ever won a hunters race No he re ¬ plied Has he ever wun a raceV was the next query Yes said the visitor he won the last Grand National The horse was Moifaa
