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allowed to weigh there again. But the Admiral would 

 not permit it. 



' No,' he said ; ' though for convenience' sake there 

 are two places to weigh out at, there is but one that you 

 can weigh in at after the race.' 



Feeling certain there was a mistake, I at once, with- 

 out asking permission, took the weights out of the scale 

 to see if they balanced, and finding they did not, called 

 the Admiral's attention to the fact. 



' Here is the mistake, sir,' I said, and first put on 1 lb., 

 which did not turn the beam, and then another 1 lb., 

 which just balanced it, the Admiral and Lord Westmor- 

 land, the one coolly and the other anxiously, looking 

 on all the time. I then turned up the scale, and dis- 

 covered and pointed out the three pieces of lead fixed to 

 the bottom. They were at once removed, the clerk 

 affirming that ' they were not there this morning,' and 

 the scales then balanced to a nicety. 



I have always thought it was a great mistake on the 

 part of the Admiral, when the fraud was discovered, not 

 to have required the riders of the first three horses to 

 get into the properly adjusted scales, to see if they could 

 draw their respective weights, and not more than 2 lb. 

 over. Had he done so, the difficulty would have been 

 settled on the spot, and the result have been the de- 

 tection of the jockey who had tampered with the scales, 

 and the disqualification of his horse. I believe only 

 three jockeys weighed in ; one did and two did not draw 

 the weight. This is an impartial and correct account of 

 what took place on the occasion. 



I think I shall not be committing a breach of faith if 

 I say the winner, though running in my name, was the 

 property of Mr. Gerard Sturt (now Lord Alington), who 

 had but a few days before the race purchased Sir William 



