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In his youth he was a keen athlete; excelling at the high jump and sprint races. He purchased a two-year-old horse "Lord Wilton", which won several races for him. Later on Fred Bruce and George S. Aldridge took shares on the horse, but had no success, so they sold her to E. W. Ellis, and within a few
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