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admire fine horses, and however mediocre judges 

 were their ancestors of such animals, most supe- 

 rior judges of horses are now common, among the 

 French. 



'^0 small encouragement this to English breeders. 

 The time may probably come when France will 

 breed superior horses enough for its own supply ; 

 and if they go on as they now are going, it is 

 equally probable that French- bred horses will be 

 sought for with as much avidity as for many years 

 the French have shown in purchasing ours. But 

 that time has not as yet arrived, and in the in- 

 terim let the English breeder avail himself of the 

 present demand ; and that such demand exists to an 

 almost unlimited number, every one visiting such 

 fairs as Howden, and others of equal celebrity, may 

 readily convince himself. Nor must it be supposed 

 that all the horses bred in breeding localities are 

 necessarily taken to such fairs : many known 

 breeders have their regular yearly customers in our 

 leading dealers, who at once purchase such young- 

 ones as the breeder has by him. Thus such horses 



