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risk in schooling and getting fit that 

 hunters are, nor do they require such 

 expensive living to get in condition. 

 They simply want jogging about in a 

 double brake in traffic with knee-caps 

 and boots all round for an hour or so 

 per day. 



These reflections and observations 

 lead me to lay stress on the fact that 

 you cannot do without the middle-man, 

 or dealer, in any trade. The nobleman 

 wants to go and select his pair of 

 carriage-horses where he can have some 

 choice, and they are ready to hand. 

 Besides, I'll defy any one to account to 

 a nicety for people's taste in horseflesh. 

 I know of my own knowledge (lawyer- 

 like term again) that you may invite a 

 customer, whose requirements you think 

 you know, to come and look at a certain 

 horse you think will suit exactly, and ten 



