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safely assumed that the animals which 

 are at all worth the money asked are 

 quickly snapped up by the dealers and 

 their representatives. Usually the fairs 

 are the resort of either young, partially 

 broken horses, which are excellent 

 material for "experience" to work 

 upon, or else of aged horses for whom 

 it is difficult to find a market. The 

 very excitement of a fair is a cloak to 

 the faults which are not easily discern- 

 ible. In fact, it may be safely assumed 

 that for a novice to purchase a horse of 

 his own selection at a fair, or in 

 one of the repositories which abound 

 in all the big towns, is like putting the 



