But the fates were against him

But the fates were against him

At the Windermere Regatta, held at Low Wood, during the same yearwhere the rain fell in torrentsit was generally expected that Wilson, who had conquered so many, would again be the conqueror. But the fates were against him. He came off the third stander, being thrown by Edward Howell, a clever wrestler from Greystoke, in the neighbourhood of Penrith, who won the belt and four sovereigns.

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