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card — "it is 8 st. 4 lb. You would have made a 

 nice mess if I hadn't come to see you 

 weighed." 



"I'm awfully sorry, but certainly thought I had 

 weighed the right weight," was my reply. 



There were three runners, and I won very easily 

 on ' Lady Strafford.' ' Stella ' was second, and 

 J. Osborne was beaten off. When we came to the 

 scales, I weighed in 8 st. 4 lb. ; so did the second. 

 J. Osborne (who, I am certain, knew nothing about 

 it before) said : " I object to the first two horses 

 for bemg short of weight." They were both 

 disqualitied, and Osborne got the first and second 

 money, about ^240, with an animal not worth ^25 ; 

 in fact, I think it was sold for less the clay after, 

 when it was beaten easily in a Selling Plate. Ever 

 since that it has been a standing joke against Tom 

 Wadlow to ask him to let you see his Ca/en^ar, as 

 he has never been known to be without one. The 

 mistake was made owing to the weights on the card 

 being considered correct ; but, as my readers know, 

 these are not the official weights. It is really un- 

 necessary for me to say much more about ' Lord 

 Clifden.' Although everyone thought at the time 

 that Lord St. Vincent made a dear bargain, it 

 turned out a very profitable one, and would have 



