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and as I was not asked my opinion, I thouglit 

 it would be impertinent of me to offer to give 

 His Royal Highness any more trouble." 



Mr. Lake said, " Well, Chifney, I think as 

 you do, that Escape had better wait, so you 

 will wait at all events ; and I see the Prince's 

 carriage, 1 will go immediately and make 

 everything perfectly pleasant." 



I immediately went over to saddle ; when 

 I was saddling Escape, I asked if he had had 

 a sweat since he ran last ; aiid 1 was answered 

 that he had not had a sweat since his last 

 running against Grey Diomed. The Horses 

 started, I waited with Escape and was 

 beaten. 



Immediately that the race was over. Escape 

 pulled up to walk back to scale. His Royal 

 Highness came up to me, saying, '• Sam 

 Chifney, you have lost this race by not making 

 strong play with Escape, as I desirei you." 

 I answered, " I don't know that I have, your 

 Royal Highness." His Royal Highness then 

 said, " Yes, you certainly have lost the race 

 by not making strong play with Escape." I 

 then hoped His Royal Highness had not lost 

 much money upon the race. His Royal 

 Highness said, " No, I have not lost a stiver : 

 but that don't argue, for Escape certainly 

 would have won, if you had made strong play 

 with him, as I desired you ; and I do tell you, 

 Sam Chifney, that I am a better jockey than 

 Mr. Lake and you both, for you have lost the 

 race by not running as I desired you." His 

 Royal Highness turned from me, for I was got 

 to the scale-house to alight and weigh. 



Whilst I was in the weio'liing-house, I re- 

 ceived a message to attend His Royal High- 

 ness. Immediately I got my clothes on I went 

 immediately to His Royal Hiahness, who was 

 on horseback with Mr. W. Lake, standing 



close to the farther winning-post of the Beacon 

 Course. His Royal Highness said, " Sam 

 Chifney, what is the meaning of Escape's 

 being beaten to-day, for you tell me that Esi- 

 cape is the best Horse in the world?" I re- 

 plied, " I did tell your Royal Highness that 

 Escape was much the best Horse in England, 

 and I think the same of him now, your Royal 

 Hishness." His Roval Hiohness continued, 

 " Sam Chifney, tell me your motive immediately 

 why Escape is beaten to-day." " I will tell 

 your Royal Highness my motive immediately 

 why I think Escape is beat to-day. It is a 

 fortnight, or a fortnight and a day, I think, 

 since Escape ran last, which was with Grey 

 Diomed. During that time Escape has not 

 ha-d a sweat, neither has he been tried since, 

 but he has been tenderly treated ; and not- 

 withstandino: he looks strait and handsome to 

 the eye, he is unfit to run ; and this I believe 

 is the reason of his being beat to-day, your 

 Royal Highness." His Royal Highness said, 

 "Very well." I then bowed, and drew back 

 to a small distance, facing his Royal Highness 

 and Mr. Lake, not knowing whether His 

 Royal Highness had quite done with me; and 

 while I was thus waiting, 1 heard His Royal 

 Highness or Mr. Lake say .something about 

 Escape's running to-morrow. I immediately 

 took the liberty of asking His Royal Highness 

 if Escape were to run to-morrow. His Royal 

 Highness said, "Yes, I certainly shall run 

 Escape to-morrow." I said, "1 am very glad 

 your Royal Highness does run Escape to- 

 morrow, for 1 think Escape will vvin to- 

 morrow ; and I wish your Royal Highness to 

 back him to-morrow to losing six or seven 

 hundred; and I wish you to back him, Mr. 

 Lake, and I will back him, your Royal High- 

 ness : and had Escape not run to-day, I should 



