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level, and giving them manners. They 

 take no end of matching, and you have 

 to scour the country fairs to attain your 

 end. You have hardly any chance to 

 match unless you have a big stable and 

 a good connection. You may go to 

 country fairs and buy, say, seven horses 

 at different times, any one of which you 

 think will match the other, but when 

 you get home you will be lucky if you 

 can couple two pairs out of the seven to 

 fit a connoisseur. But you are assured 

 of a big profit when you can match. 

 You buy a green four-year-old at a fair 

 for ^80, and a good price too, perhaps, 

 for him individually as he stands. You 

 do ditto at another fair — that is £i6o 

 for the two. Take them home and find 

 they match, give them nice manners, 

 and they are worth ;^400 or ^500. 

 Then they are not the same expense and 



