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lie fliould have carried. Fifty yards before 

 he reached the winning-poft, one of the 

 party clamoroufly commanded him to pull 

 up, faying, the other *' would never overtake 

 him ; the moment I had his horfe by the 

 bridle leading him to the fcale, another vo- 

 ciferoiifly enjoined him ** tv get off and not 

 dijlrefs the mare ; either of which, not previ- 

 oufly guarded againft, but inadvertently com- 

 plied with, muft have inevitably loft the very 

 confiderable fum I had depending upon the 

 event. 



But to confirm beyond every fhadow of 

 doubt this horrid fcene of deliberate villaiay 

 and deception ; while the m.are w^as rubbing 

 down at a fmall diftance from the courfe, af- 

 ter winning the race and receiving the ftakes, 

 a perfon came and made inquiry, whether 

 ** a jockey had not been with me that morn- 

 ing early, making an ofter to ride my mare, 

 GRATIS ?'' Upon my anfwering in the af- 

 lirmiative, he affured me I had a very nar- 

 row efcape ; for " he had fat the preceding 

 evening in an adjoining room, divided only 

 by a deal partition, and heard the entire plan 

 formed by the party concerned ; that if I con- 

 D d 4 fented 



