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   Harold Montrose Phelps Stokes (1887–1970), who wrote for "The New York Times" as a free-lance author
  
  On August 12, 1899, Anson lost one of his legs in a horse-riding accident when he was thrown against a tree and his leg crushed.He had been warned that the horse, a gelding called "Dingley", was dangerous but felt confident that he could handle the animal.