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of East End costermonger society there. 

 If, on the other hand, your clothes are 

 getting shabby, and you would like to 

 be a veritable toff for the day, go to 

 Stapleton's, and your highest ambition 

 will be gratified. Don't polish yourself 

 up too much, though, or the company 

 will mistake you for a stray duke out 

 for the day, and doing the East End. I 

 have bought some rare cheap horses at 

 Stapleton's for an old song, however, and 

 I commend this course to farmers want- 

 ing cheap good mares. Good, sound, 

 weighty cart-horses are likely to continue 

 in good demand at remunerative prices 

 for a long time yet, in spite of motor- 

 cars ; but I think the fashionable craze 

 for noblemen breeding shires, and the 

 extravagant prices of a few years ago, is 

 past its zenith. 



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