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coming down the hill, he ran up to him, and 

 they difputed the lead every inch, to the three 

 mile poft, where Looby gain'd about half a 

 length, and kept it, till they came over- 

 againfl the Well Gap ; but before they 

 reach'd the diftance poft, it was impoffible 

 to difcern which was firft, and they ran in 

 {0 clofe together, that it could not be decid- 

 ed which won. Partner laid by, pull'd up, and 

 walk'd in. 



2d. Heat. Partner made all the play for 

 the firft two miles ; and Looby, perceiving 

 that Shakefpear did not intend to call upon 

 him, begun to be very bufy along the ditch, 

 and gave him fo much trouble upon the 

 flat, that jull: as they enter'd the cords, they 

 were both at laps, and ran it every yard in ; 

 but Looby being diflreft by the feverity of 

 this, and the firft heat, was forc'd to fubmit 

 to his adverfary, though with great honor, 

 by half a neck. This rais'd the odds to 

 3 to I Shakefpear did not win ; which were 

 accepted by the judicious part of the turf, 

 who relied on the Godolphin blood, and the 



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