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public, foreigners in particular, from being led into 

 errors respecting the purity of our racing blood. 

 Sampson was an animal of immense power, so were 

 John Bull and Alexander ; he might have had 

 coarse points — so have the stock of Partisan and 

 Blacklock, two of the best stallions of the present 

 day ; but who would deny their purity of blood on 

 that account ? Mr. Lawrence has been often called 

 to account for these and similar mis-statements, 

 but he is inaccessible to correction. Sic accept^ 

 Anglice, " As I have heard,"" is the main founda- 

 tion of many of his assertions, and he claims the 

 woman's privilege of having the last word. 



