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oft. Of course, we didn’t try to ‘‘shoulder’’ him or go for his tail and try te throw him, Our object was te head him and wheel him back into the mob. <As we both drew ahead, we were watching and thinking only of the bull—so were the ponies. And we were indulging in some loud, triumphant shouting; so round in front of him we circled full speed. Then, right under his foaming snout, almost, our mounts eollided—bang! bash! like two loco engines....,. (I remember being propelled out of the saddle into the air; but after that, nothing, until I found myself lying in bed with mother standing over me, and Ted sitting In a chair with his arm in a sling and a ban- dage round his head, his bottom Hp hanging and his eyes drooping...... But that was three days later.

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