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horses. He lays by a certain sum for his hunting 

 expenses, and for his losses by his horses. He can 

 aiford to do this, but he must not ^ronder how Mr. So- 

 and-so usually, in fact, barring accidents, always sells 

 his horses at an advanced price ; let him remember he 

 is not Mr. So-and-so, nor ever will be, consequently 

 cannot do as he does, nor do his horses do as those of 

 the other do, so they fail to attract attention, while 

 the other's do ; besides which, he is not recognised 

 as a judge and a rider. A rider he certainly is, and 

 perhaps, in a general way, a good one, but of quite a 

 different sort to the other. He may purchase one of 

 Mr. So-and-so's horses ; as well might I purchase Sig. 

 Sivori's violin, and then be surprised that it produced 

 no music, for one of those horses in the hands of an 

 indifferent rider would be found a very different thing 

 to what he was when in his former master's posses- 

 sion. It is the man that makes the horse, and having 

 made him, calls forth all his attributes into play. 

 Another thing should be borne in mind, the belong- 

 ing to, and being ridden by, a particular man, gives 

 them a 2>restige that those ridden by other persons in 



