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Show In the first place, Pago Is 6ft years ol. Secondly he wears a monocle to aid his failing fight for the sufficient suf-ficient reason that no lens would I help his other eye its vision Is whol-ly whol-ly gone Thirdly, he ha3 In en absent from the turf for five years. In-I In-I cldentally. Gold Plate, the hunter he rode, is 16 years old Experts who watched tho race declare de-clare Page, despite his age, still the I best amateur steeplechase rider in I the country. There was not another man In th race within three decad -s ' of his yoars. Gold Plate, though doubtless the finest steeplechascer in tho contest, was ably assisted ty ' Page throughout tho whole 2 1-2-mllo ! course. |