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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 209

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le oflengths if he had done justice to the horse andobeyed orders, is eulogised for having ridden abrilliant race ; while the labour of the trainer,who has overcome many difficulties in bringingthe animal to the post fit and well, is too oftenlightlyesteemed, or accepted as a matter of… … Watching the Trial. to arise, as he will not know what his horse hadin hand if he wins, or what happened in thecourse of the race—whether any legitimate ex-cuse can be found for defeat—if he was beaten :and it is very desirable that the trainer shouldform his own opinion instead of depending…

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