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Ed Plaskett the Daredevil Horseman

Ed Plaskett rode at a gallop along cliff edges that made grown men dismount and walk.

Edward Abbott Plaskett (born November 18th 1881) had quite a local reputation as a daring (or perhaps fool-hearty) horseman - a cowboy who rode his horse at a gallop from time to time down the sides of the steep local hills.

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