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is not a single auction which does not contain one 

 horse which is more than a little hit made up. 



One cannot be too careful over selection at these 

 places, because it is a general rule for the best horses 

 to be bought outside horse repositories, though 

 exceptions to the rule are numerous, more particu- 

 larly at the principal repositories. 



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