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Westward Ho ! and Blue Ensign 



The book must not be allowed to close without a 

 few words on the subject of two horses to whom special 

 attention has been directed, for one reason, because 

 of the prices that were given for them. In such cases 

 it is not always borne in mind that the money paid 

 at auction does not merely advance evidence of a 

 wealthy man's determination to gain possession of a 

 certain colt. The purchase price represents the value, 

 there or closely thereabouts, in the opinion of more 

 than one presumable authority ; for the owner who 

 acquires the lot has headed the offer of the penultimate 

 bidder. 



At the Doncaster sales in 1 919 none of the year- 

 lings attracted quite so much admiration as a brown 

 son of Swynford and Blue Tit. It was obvious that 

 there would be keen competition for him, which of 

 course means that he was bound to fetch an extra- 

 ordinary price, and great curiosity existed to know 

 who would last longest, would stay to the fall of the 



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