THE SPORTING WORLD. Ill 



circumstances that would embitter his after life 

 so long as life remained. The idea is preposterous. 

 There are characters who would do so, of whom 

 I shall hereafter speak, but the owners of race 

 horses, whether noble or gentlemen, would no 

 more, in a general way, do it than they would 

 commit a burglary. 



We know that Royalty itself would not 

 shield a man where any thing doubtful oc- 

 curred. The Escape affair was perhaps the 

 most impudent, unjust, and ungrateful return 

 ever made to an august personage, one of the 

 best patrons the turf ever had. 



I once heard an owner of race horses say 

 to his jockey, "I have set my heart on winning 



the to-morrow, your horse goes for 



them ; now, remember, if you can win your 

 race to-day with anything like ease, do so, but 

 I will not have my horse cut up for that 

 purpose," fortunately for the owner the horse 

 did win. 



