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Show Lady Florence Dixie's Brave Deed. Lady Florence Dixie, who died Nov 7. rjflg only wrote and spoke against cruelty to animals, Gut practiced what she preached. Somo yeurs ago she was In the lnclosuro at Newmarket, together to-gether with another woman, conversing convers-ing with King Edward, then prince of Wales, when suddenly an excited Rhout aroso from the crowd. Somo men had started a haro and Immediately Imme-diately a gang of roughs rushed away In chase of the terrified animal. Sticks and stones were flung at the poor 1 creature, until eventually It was cap-1 cap-1 tured by a great navvy. The Interest I of the fashionable crowd quickly died B out, but not the anger of Lady Flor-I Flor-I encc. Leaving the prince's side, she B went over to tho man who was load-H load-H ing her horse about and. Jumping on Kj the animal's back, rode over to the Rj mob. Forcing her horse up to, the H navvy, she suddenly made a snatch, H rescued the trembling beast and then 9 galloped away to a distant thlckot, where she dismounted and set the hare free. |