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Sandes and a leading 'Deasite' as to the rival merits of a bay mare belonging to one and a chestnut horse owned by the other. Quoth Mr. Sandes: 'I'll run you a two mile steeplechase for a hundred guineas if you like, and I'll call my horse Home Rule do you call yours Deasite; each to ride his own horse.
No Kerry man could refuse such a challenge, and the race excited more interest than the election. Mr. Sandes won, leaving 'Deasite' nowhere, and this helped Mr. Blennerhasset to head the poll. More than one man is asserted to have voted for: 'Him you know that me landlord wants me to vote for. But I should say several dozen voted for:
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