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same place, and for the same stakes, in 

 1828. The Colonel sent a statement of all 

 he knew of the foul transaction to a London 

 newspaper, leaving the public to judge for 

 themselves from the facts he detailed. 

 Neither did the St. Leger of 1834 pass off 

 with this single fraud. A bet of a thousand 

 guineas was made by two persons, renowned 

 on the turf, whom we call A and B. A 

 backed the field against certain horses 

 named by B, of which Touchstone, the 

 winner, was not one. B, however, claimed 

 the bet, and produced his list, in which 

 Touchstone, the winner, was named at the 

 bottom of it. A also produced his list, in 

 which Touchstone the winner was not 

 named by B ; and was therefore of course 

 a winner for him. The Jockey Club was 

 resorted to, and the following was the 

 result of their investigation: 'The name 

 of Touchstone/ said Mr. Wilson, the father 

 of the turf, 'certainly appears in B's list, 

 and apparently written with the same ink. 

 Now my old friend Robarts, the banker, 

 told me there is a species of ink that can 

 be made to match any shade which that 

 liquid may exhibit, if examined by daylight ; 



