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Charles Arra, who for many years trained a small stable in Florida and New England, died Friday in Ogunquit, Me., at age 82. Arra is survived by his wife, Shirley, and his son, Ken, a former jockey's agent. . . . A $378,000 Machiavellian-Mill on the Floss (Mill Reef) colt bought by Johnny McKeever topped the fourth of five Tattersalls October yearling sale sessions on Thursday in England. Thursday's session sold 141 lots for total revenue of $7,542,612, producing an average price of $53,493 and a median of $33,264.