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useful class, who may nevertheless have 

 proved a real good slave for the purpose 

 required, he says to himself, " If I sell the 

 old mare she won't make above a fiver, 

 so I'll breed from her, and put her to a 

 Shire horse." If you want to breed a 

 cart-horse, my advice is, let the old mare 

 go for what she will fetch. I'll tell you 

 where to replace her at the same money, 

 and this also applies with equal, or 

 perhaps greater, force to seekers after 

 mares suitable for breeding hunters. 



Most of the best cart-horses find their 

 way to London at five years old, and 

 are used up on the stones. They are 

 resold as they gradually show signs of 

 wear, from one job to another, where 

 smartness is less necessary, till they get 

 right off their feet with the cruel hot 

 stones. Their price at the Repository 

 gets down to perhaps seven or eight 



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