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A day to
remember
Show results
SHOW JUMPING - Very novice 1ft6ins: 1
Harriet Warren (Pip), 2 Kirsty Fortey
(Dottie Dolittle), 3 James Stephens (Oliver
Twist); very novice 1ft 9ins: 1 Phoebe
Evans (Jet), 2 Shelley Osborne
(Pringlehouse Frazer), 3 Olivia Mills
(Charlotte); novice 2ft: 1 Phoebe Ewens
(Jet), 2 Jenna Kington (Caddy), 3 TJ
Townsend (Bouncy Bouncer); novice
2ft3ins: 1 Phoebe Evans (Jet), 2 Harriet
Blackman-Howard (Night Dancer); Becky
Powell (Golden Beau); novice 2ft6ins: 1
Jenna Kington (Caddy), 2 Amy Rhodes
(Prince), 3 Lydia Williams (Macy).
IT was a gala show to remember at Marden, despite worries over foot and mouth disease and weeks of wet weather.
competed for extra special
rosettes and trophies, with perpetual trophies going to highest
placed club members in many
classes
The club is known for its
Staged by Marden and District
Riding Club committee last friendly, informal atmosphere
month, the event’s Houghton but the competition was serious
Court showground looked like a and standards were high in
mini Hickstead with its stun- showing, working hunter and
ning views and colourful, flag- the main ring showjumping,
where most classes were qualibedecked rings.
Riders came out in force, and fiers for Midland Association of
spectators cheered as they Riding Clubs’ championships.
However, in clear round,
Jenna Kington and Caddy, first novice 2'6" novice showjumping,
pony
and
Showjumping, with Bernard Grobb who handy
presented the
gymkhana, competitors
rosettes and trophy.
enjoyed a more lighthearted approach, with
lots of help and encouragement.
On Sunday, September
9, the final outdoor event
of the year, the Fun Show
plus Showjumping with
Derby, is due to take
place.
As ever, all are welcome
and entries will be taken
on the day. For details,
ring the club secretary on
01432 820 574, or e-mail:
debbieimrogers@btinternet.com.
Premier R
Claire Bushnell and
Hermes, winner of
the Open Horse
and Angelo Trophy
for the highest
placed member.
Katie Milner and Ilex Pal Joey Small unlead
M&M receive third prize
from Liz Langford, judge in
the showing classes.
MAIN RING SHOW JUMPING (all classes
are qualifiers) - 10 yrs and under: 1
Kathleen Luton-Hughes (Sovereign), 2
Phoebe Evens (Tigger); very novice horse:
1 Claire Wyatt (Conker), 2 Robyn Gore
(Milly); Junior 12 and under: 1 Phoebe
Ewens (Tigger), 2 Sophie Ball (Toby Bear);
Horse seven and under: 1 Caroline King
(Delilah Herby), 2 Zoe Atkinson (Flight of
Fancy; Novice Pony: 1 Sophie Ball (Toby
Bear), 2 Robbie Skyrme (Pickles); Novice
Horse: 1 Victoria Stinchcombe (Herby), 2
Alex Moore (Star Hawk); Intermediate
Pony: 1 Elise Goulding (Blackberry)|, 2
Sophie Stratton (Sgt Pepper); Intermediate
Horse: 1 Lydia Parker (Classic Surprise), 2
Rodway Heathfield (Purdy); Small Open
Pony: 1 Elise Goulding (Cherry B), 2
Sophie Stratton (Sgt Pepper); Small Open
Horse: 1 Kirsty Anker (Cleo), 2 Sally
Randall (Eze); Open Pony: 1 Sophie
Stratton (Sgt Pepper), 2 Elise Goulding
(Cherry B); Open Horse: 1 Claire Bushnell
(Hermes), 2 Lucy Chapman (Kerry).
WORKING HUNTER (Q = qualifiers) Mountain and Moorland (Q): 1 Lauren
Bullock (Casanova), 2 Maddy Jacob
(Taffechan Princess); Novice WHP (Q): 1
Lauren Bullock (Jacob), 2 Laura Whittington (Asha); Novice (Q): 1 Tori Davies
(Ted), 2 Pippa Jones (Zac); Open WHP
(Q): 1 Lucy Harris (Whiskey), 2 Laura
Whittington (Seaford Topcat); Open
working hunter (Q): 1 Sue Hitchings
(Burdine), 2 Pippa Jones (Zac).
RIDDEN SHOWING - Lead rein pony
(Q): 1 Charlotte McDowall (Treowen
Black Orchid), 2 George Hanson (Frosty);
Ridden Cob (Q): 1 Katie Staniland (Blue
Thunder), 2 Sue Pugh (Echo); Ridden
Hunter ex. 14.2 (Q): 1 Sue hitchins
(Burdine), 2 Suzanne Woolley (Promise);
RC Horse exc. 14.2 (Q): 1 Suzanne
Woolley (Promise), 2 Bryony Williams
(Maddy); RC Pony 14.2 and under (Q): 1
Ffion Edwards (Jacob), 2 Jack SherbornHoare (Todd); Ridden Coloured (Q): 1
Katie Staniland (Blue Thunder), 2 Katy
Goodwin (Asti Sparkle). Small M&M (L/R)
(Q): 1 Charlotte McDowall (Redline Ace
of Base), 2 Phoebe Jones (Goldie); Small
M&M (unled) (Q): 1 Becky Goodwin
(Telyau Royal DG), 2 Laura Whittington
(Blue); Large M&M (Q): 1 Katy Staniland
(Egoes Robin), 2 Lauren Bullock
(Casanova); Ridden Veteran pony or
horse aged 15+ (Q): 1 Suzanne Woolley
(Dyna), 2 Janet Phillpots (Bally Murphy).
CENTRAL HORSE NEWS MOST STYLISH RIDER AWARDS 2007: Senior
Suzanne Woolley and Dyna, Junior Becky
Goodwin and Malianarch Castrol Finn.
HANDY PONY - Lead rein: 1 Imogen
Venhegan-Harris (Ben), 2 Rebecca
Parsonage (Ted); 12 yrs and under: 1
Darcy Jones (Badger), 2 Phoebe Ewens
(Tigger); open: 1 Maddy Jacob (Kismet), 2
Zoe Atkinson (Hasaani).
GYMKHANA overall medal winners. Lead
rein: Rebecca Parsonage (Ted). 12 yrs and
under: Lucy Jones (Tom Tom). Open:
Emma Wait (Kitty).
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FRONT OF
SUPPLEMENT:
Beth Taylor, Katie
Milner, Isobel Hill
and Ollie Fenn try
their grooming
skills on King as
part of the stable
management
course. 073404-2
PAGE 119: 1. Zoe
Rees and Billy take
on the showjumping
course. 073404-4
2. Megan Lloyd,
Hattie Walker and
Miranda Ross put
the tack on
Hudson’s Treasure.
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Photographs by
James Maggs.
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A pizza the action
GONE are the times when camp and rallies were held in a farmer’s borrowed
field.
Youngsters at the North Hereford Hunt
Pony Club camp enjoyed a fantastic
line-up of daytime and evening entertainment at Tack Farm Equestrian
Centre, Ullingswick.
The days started at 8.15am with hay,
feed and watering, followed by breakfast
and stables and grooming.
There were riding and instruction all
morning, followed by stable management lessons in the afternoon before a
second ride, evening stables and tack
cleaning. All the instruction is a great
opportunity for the children to improve
their riding with a relatively intense
crash course while learning the vital
points of horse and pony care.
The evening programme included a vet
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PIZZAS, barbecues, friends and plenty
of riding and playing ponies – it
sounds like a dream to me!
Wet weather and floods washed out the
North Hereford Hunt branch of the
Pony Club’s first attempt at camp this
summer but, in typical Pony Club fashion, organisers were undeterred, spirits
remained undampened, and the fiveday event was hurriedly rescheduled for
last week.
Summer camp is the highlight of the
holidays for most Pony Club members
and is a tradition which the North
Hereford Hunt Pony Club is trying hard
to keep alive.
“With rising costs of holding the camp
and more schoolwork and out-of-school
clubs for the children, it is increasingly
difficult to run camp and rallies,” said
district commissioner Margaret Owers.
“The trouble, really, is that keeping
ponies is a full-time hobby.
“If you are going to come to rallies and
events, you can’t just leave your pony
for weeks then pick it out of the field
and expect to come along. It is not that
kind of hobby.
“Ponies need looking after and exercis-
Long live
pony camp!
BY ANDREA CALVESBERT
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This is a concern shared by many other
branches up and down the country,
which are making huge efforts to keep
up with the changing times and
demands from youngsters.
The aim is to give good instruction but
to keep things fun and make things
accessible to young people of all levels
of rider, including the more nervous
ones.
This was, of course, why the Pony Club
was founded – to give children of all
abilities and ages the opportunity to
learn how to ride and look after their
ponies while making friends along the
way.
For some lucky riders, it is the start of a
long and successful career at the top
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Above: Ponies wait to go out
from their paddock.
Other photos: A game of Sagol
Kangjei in Manipur.
A little
local
game
that
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the
world
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!
MANIPUR, a small state in
north east India, is the
home of Sagol Kangjei the
forerunner of modern
international polo.
It was from here the British
officers and tea planters took
the game to Calcutta and
then spread it around the
world.
Sagol Kangjei is part of
Meitei (the main tribe in
Manipur) religious mythology. Their gods are depicted
playing it at the creation and
it is now thought that polo
originated in this part of the
world.
Sagol Kangjei has seven
players on each side and,
originally, the winner was the
first team to reach a given
number of goals and there
was a break when half the
stipulated amount was
scored.
There are no goal posts; the
ball is hit over the opponent’s
end line to score.
Today there are two 20minute halves with a fiveminute rest at half time. The
same ponies are used
throughout.
There is no umpire, just a
highly respected local dignitary who sits at the sideline
and passes judgement in the
case of an unresolved dispute.
The Huntre Hunba, ball
thrower, is on the sideline at
the centre of the pitch and
throws the ball in to start the
game and a new one after
each goal. Two conch shell
blowers announce the beginning and end of the halves
and every goal.
The players gather in the
centre waiting for the Huntre
Hunba to throw the ball high
in the air and barge each
other as they try to catch it.
If they succeed, they gallop
with it to their opponent’s
end line and must drop it to
BESIDES being used for polo, the
ponies were also the war horses
of the Meitei.
They were used for Arambai
Hunba, a martial art that helped
the Meitei conquer much of
Assam and northern Burma.
Arambai are darts with a six
inch point, shaped like a Bodkin
arrowhead, with a flight of pea-
hit it over the line to score. As
soon as a goal is scored,
another ball is thrown in.
The ponies are all Manipuri
ponies between 11 and 13
hands high.
They have speed, agility, are
highly adaptable and brave,
making them ideal for polo.
At a demonstration match at
Moirang, 45 kilometres from
Imphal where the ponies
live, the players hacked there,
played the match and hacked
■ Continued on facing page.
cock tail feathers tied to the
shaft. For range and accuracy a
narrow throwing stick about
two and a half feet long is inserted into the feathers.
The thumb and forefinger hold
the feathers out of the way while
the other three fingers grip the
stick.
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Polo explorer
■ From opposite.
back again. The ponies’ feet are
really hard – none had shoes or
went lame. Most Meitei used to
have a smallholding and would
keep a pony to play in weekly
local matches.
With modernisation many
farmers have moved to the city
and the village pitches have
been built over.
Imphal, the capital, has
expanded tremendously and is
still doing so, depriving the
ponies of grazing and pushing
them ever further from the
remaining two polo grounds in
the centre.
Some owners turn their ponies
loose for the night on the palace
polo ground if there are practice
matches on Saturday and
Sunday.
Unfortunately it is only fenced
on three sides and is also used
for football and other sports as
well as grazing cattle and sheep,
so the ponies wander off looking
for food. One evening I passed
two ponies that had wandered
and were competing with some
cows on a pile of rubbish. Every
year several ponies are lost to
■ From opposite.
The Arambai is thrown over
arm with a stick, but under arm
in clusters of four or five without a stick. The thrower carries
two or four quivers of Arambai,
sorted into those with or without sticks, strapped to the front
and back of the saddle.
Using a stick a good thrower
colic through eating polythene
carrier bags.
There is a small stud but the
stallions, mares, foals and yearlings all run together in little
paddocks, bare of grass and
reliant on hay, and let out onto
an open common, which they
share with dairy cattle.
The grazing for the majority of
the ponies is a rough marshy
area, which floods in the monsoon, driving them into the hills
or the streets on the outskirts of
Imphal.
Although numbers are declining they are more in demand
than ever, because they are
good jumpers and popular with
the exponents of modern equitation.
Some polo players are keen to
cross Manipuri stallions with
larger mares, to get a polo pony
better suited to modern international polo, but it is accepted
that the breeding of the mares
must be kept pure.
The future of the breed and the
games rests on the availability of
secure grazing grounds – not
easy in a country where modernisation is everything.
could hit a target at up to 120
yards at a gallop.
To hit the enemy with clusters,
the rider had to get a lot closer
but the effect of hundreds of
poisoned darts dropping out of
the sky was as devastating for
morale as it was in casualties.
The throwers came from a
select group of families that
kept the exact art of throwing a
secret, as well as the type of
poison.
They were volunteers under
the direct command of the king
and separate from the rest of
the army.
Today a group of young men
have revived the art and give
exhibitions at equine events.
Bob Taylor, from
Presteigne, finds and
researches indigenous horse games
and their places in
the culture of the
country in which they
are played.
He recently
returned from
north east India
where he was
researching
the Manipuri
equestrian
martial art
Arambai
Hunba.
Manipur is also
the home of
Sagol Kangjei,
the forerunner of
modern international polo and he
was keen to see
how this was surviving, along with
the Meitei pony –
the original polo
pony.
Equestrian Times
IN
ASSOCIATION
WITH
THE HORSE
BOUTIQUE
RIDING WEAR
SADDLERY
KINGSLAND
Tel: 01568 708280
HAPPY HORSE
& HOME
Clearance Day
Tuesday 4th
September
at Dinmore Village Hall
2.30pm start
Auction at 6.30pm
Children welcome
Order all your winter rugs
now for big discounts!!
Call 07773391912 or
14hh Black
middle weight
6 Yr old Mare,
Superb jumping
pony - BSJA
winnings, Excellent
hunter, very bold
across country, suit
child or adult, 100%
traffic etc.
07725740463
TOBY
FAULKNER
DIPWCF farrier
Monmouthshire based
Also covering
Herefordshire &
Gloucestershire
borders
07779 763197
FUN RIDE
Sunday,
23rd Sept.
at Pencombe,
nr. Bromyard
1st Horse 10.30 a.m.
Last Horse 1 p.m.
10 mile route over
picturesque farmland
with optional jumps
5 mile mini route also
available
Refreshments & Parking
CONTACT
01885 400315
for more info
£3500 ono
for details.
Myler, Neve Schule,
Buddies, Rheingold,
Saddle Fitting, Polyjumps,
Shires, Harry Hall,
Snowhill and more
Tel 01558
685004
Kingsland
Stabling
Looseboxes, Shelters, Barns,
Garages, Workshops,
Summerhouses etc
IF IT’S TIMBER,WE DO IT!
Tel. 01568 708206
www.kingslandstabling.com
REG Exmoor mare for sale
with filly foal at foot, currently running with stallion. Has
been ridden, 100% in every
way. £950 ono for the 2. Reg
Dartmoor stallion, currently
running with mares and
foals, £850 ono. For further
details call 01584 810130/
07886 806142
16.2hh Bay
Dutch warm
blood Gelding
8 Yrs, A superbly
bred horse
(Donnerhall lines)
has completed
affiliated dressage,
won & placed novice
- 9th regional
champs, Talented
enough to continue
up the grades.
£5000 ono
Tel 01558
685004
Exceptionally Kind First Pony
7 year grey 11.2 mare. Goes on or off
the lead rein. Done loads pony clubs
rallies and shows. Won showing, small
jumping, 100% in traffic.
Very kind and loving, a
pleasure to handle
£1,350
ALL
ROUNDER
15.2HH BAY
MARE
11 years, TB/ID, 3
balanced paces,
kind temperament,
good to box, shoe,
traffic. Done XC,
SJ, dressage, needs
good home and
competent rider
£2900
Tel: 01386
584268
Rare
Opportunity
to purchase
a genuine quality
unspoilt 15.2hh 6yr
Cleveland Bay x
mare, bred a quality
foal last year. Now
in full work,
outstanding
temperament, easy
to do in all ways.
Still a little green
but totally unspoilt
£4500
0781 7831108
(Hereford)
RHSC
HUNTER TRIALS
Home Farm, Dulas
Sunday
9th September
Junior Pre-Novice pairs
Novice & Open Classes
Entries/Enquiries
Tel: 01981 580207
BROMSGROVE & District
Riding Club, Open Annual
Trophy Show and Dressage
sun Sept 9th, Wendy Ingram
01299 851250
bromsgroveridingclub.co.uk
FOUR Indoor / Outdoor
wooden Stables, £1,000
ovno., vgc. Contact: Chris:
0777 3333665.
IFOR Williams 510 horse trailer, 3 years old in November,
data protected, £3,000 ono.
Call Emma (01981) 510291
TO LET stables, tack room &
paddocks, water & electricity,
private access. Also 2007
good hay avail. 01568 708954
15.2HH Beautiful 15yr bay
mare, ID/TB, Good all rounder.
£1450 ono. 01544 388928
14.1 6yr old Norwegian Fjord
x Warmblood gelding. Good
to shoe,,box etc Excellent in
heaviest traffic. Will jump
coloured/natural fences.
Ridden by 12yr old £2,800 17" Brand new English
ono Please Tel 01584 881581 leather sadle, medium/wide
fit £90 ono 07940139293
5 ACRE FIELD well watered RIDING boots long rubber,
and fenced with 3 stables in ladies 6½ black £15 07773
the Much Marcle Area. Long 468870
term let. (07899) 665215
WANTED Horses and Ponies,
(Eves and Wkends)
Cash Paid, Tel: 07860 484400.
Barnstormers
WINTER
RUG OFFER
Advertise your Horse in
The Hereford Times
Save a massive
with
a photograph
in the new
way
with a photograph
for just
£39.00
for just
£37.60
inc vat
on Winter Turnout
and Stable Rugs
Worcester News
School
Master/Hunter
E
L
P
16.1HH, Dark Bay
Gelding,
Middleweight,
Barney has
successfully
competed Pre
Novice Eventing,
Open Xc and SJ,
Good to hack alone
and in company,
enjoys pleasure
rides and bold
hunter.
M
A
S
J
EVESHAM
25%
OURNAL
Offer ends 30th September 2007
14HH BAY
GELDING
8 years old. Has
shown, PC and
hunted. Ideal
1st pony. Good to
box, shoe, chip etc.
Sad sale
£1000
01568 797970
Telephone
Barnstormers
01432 270099
£5000 ono
Tack Available
01432 880116
Tel: 01544 327810
STUNNING Registered dark
bay section D Gelding,
14.2hh, 14 years old, lovely
paces, brilliant jump, will
make excellent competition/
PC pony, would suit teenager/ small adult, good to shoe,
catch, clip etc (crib bites)
photos can be emailed £1600
ono 01874 658492/ 07919
622610
Bodenham HR1 3HT
www.barnstormers.co.uk
01432 845846
N
EW
N
EW
£475,000ono
£795,000
Craven Arms
Dorstone
£475,000ono
£550,000
Craven
Arms
Nr.
Abergavenny
£475,000ono
£475,000
£475,000ono
situated and attractive
4 acre small house
holding with
An
attractive
country smallholding
comprising
a traditional,
detached
five A
A well
maintained
semi detached
house
in level
location.
Abeautifully
well maintained
semi detached
in period
levelfarmhouse
location.
down
to aand
stream,
set garage,
in 3 acres UPVC
with superb
countryside
with rural views. towards
Sugar
Loaf and
over theUPVC
surrounding
countryside.
to front
rear,
primary
glazing
to fronttheand
rear,
garage,
primary
glazing
Hay-on-Wye
Hay-on-Wye
-5/714 ,536Office
.2#01+01497
"$'**820778
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-5/714 ,536Office
.2#01+01497
"$'**820778
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enlargement,
detached outbuildings
and land
enjoying glorious
views
bedroomed
farmhouse,
a range of2outbuildings
and
gardens running
Living room,
kitchen/diner,
bedrooms,
bathroom.
Gardens capable
Living ofroom,
kitchen/diner,
2 bedrooms,
bathroom.
Gardens
N
EW
N
EW
FARMLAND FOR SALE
Craven
Arms
Nr
Brecon
A converted
four beds
barn
well maintained
semidetached
detachedstone
house
in with
levelfarm
location.
buildings
andkitchen/diner,
about 130 acres
of organically
registered
Living room,
2 bedrooms,
bathroom.
Gardens
grazing
rights.
to front and rear, garage, UPVC primary glazing
Hay-on-Wye
-5/714 ,536Office
.2#01+01497
"$'**820778
()%&*'
N
EW
£475,000ono
Auction
06/09/07
N
EW
N
EW
Craven
Nr Hay Arms
on Wye
mod &semi
trad buildings
& 50 acres
of land,inin level
a quiet, location.
convenient,
AA period
well farmhouse,
maintained
detached
house
rural location
withkitchen/diner,
fine views of the Wye
For sale bathroom.
by Public Auction
to be sold
Living
room,
2 Valley.
bedrooms,
Gardens
on Thursday 6th September at The Swan Hotel, Hay on Wye at 3pm.
Hay-on-Wye
-5/714
,536 Office
.2#01+01497
"$'**820778
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www.mccartneys.co.uk
NEAR CLYRO, HAY-ON-WYE
LOT 1 23.31 ACRES (9.43HA)
Plus Farm Buildings
LOT 2 36.16 ACRES (14.59HA)
LOT 3 3.50 ACRES (14.59HA)
LOT 4 5.74 ACRES (2.32HA)
Craven Arms
£475,000ono
Auction 6th September 2007 at 3pm
Craven
Nr.
Hay Arms
on Wye
£475,000ono
£575,000
A well maintained semi detached house in level location. A
A late
well16th
maintained
semi detached
house
in level
location.
Century Medieval
Long House
offering
character
at The Swan Hotel, Hay-on-Wye
set in five acres
of land situated
at the
foot of
Living room, kitchen/diner, 2 bedrooms, bathroom. Gardens accommodation
Living room, kitchen/diner,
2 bedrooms,
bathroom.
Gardens
the
Blackand
Mountains
enjoying
far reaching
to front
rear, garage,
UPVC
primarycountry
glazingviews.
Hay-on-Wye Office 01497 820778
Hay-on-Wye Office 01497 820778
Craven
Arms
Mid
Wales
£475,000ono
£399,995
Craven
Arms
Nr
Brecon
£475,000ono
£475,000ono
£465,000
7.5 miles from Brecon,
in a large gardens
with ain
Pony
Paddock
ideal for
Equestrian
smallholding
situated
in idyllic
ruralin
location
affording Situated
A well maintained
semi
detached
house
level location.
A wellapprox
maintained
semistanding
detached
house
level
location.
extensive
views
of the surrounding
countryside.
Comprising
use. A 5 bed,
3 receptions, large kitchen,
bathroom, shower
room, utility and
tack room.
Living room,
kitchen/diner,
2 bedrooms,
bathroom.
Gardens equestrian
Living room,
kitchen/diner,
2 bedrooms,
bathroom.
Gardens
detached
bungalow,
outbuildings
&
approx.
11.5
acres
of
land.
to front
rear,
garage,
UPVCseveral
primary
glazing
The
property and
also benefits
off road
parking, workshop,
outbuildings
and gardens.
Builth Wells Office 01982 552259
Brecon Office 01874 610990

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