A foreign count, visiting Wiltshire, Insisted on taking part in a stecpleoha-«\ although ho was really by no means a good horseman. At the lir.st the count a "cropj>er," and. pluckily. remounting, he met the vnuu* (ate. at the second attempt. When asked the cause of his mishaps, h- said : "It vas like zis. Yen h - koiiiK to zc first fence. I did zir.k my horse vudjomp. but he did not jump, so I Vent over his h<"-ad. Yen he koms to ze set oi d _i <"• i"tij>, I d:d zink he vud not jomp. and he 41 d jump, so I vei'.t over his tail :
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 211, 29 November 1909, Page 4
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