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probably save four bets. The trainer is the only- 

 sound authority on this subject. What we want 

 is to throw up our hat, not our sponge ; hence 

 caution is necessary. Asked which two-year-old 

 was his best, a Newmarket trainer treated the 

 question as though it were a conundrum which 

 could only be answered in a silly way. " I 

 thought a chestnut colt," he said, " was the best 

 once, and now he is beaten by those he has 

 beaten, whilst the latter go on whacking each 

 other with ridiculous consistency. To find the 

 best I shall have to try them over again at catch - 

 weights, and back the one ridden by an infant 

 jockey." He might do worse if the sucking 

 Archer were glued on. 



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