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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



thought he had beaten Walnut, the favourite, as well as Gustavus, and got in second. 

 He was placed third, and Tickle Toby got the verdict by a head. The betting was 

 3 to i against the winner, 7 to i against Gustavus and Traveller. Two months 

 afterwards Chifney was back at Newmarket, where Escape was matched on the 3rd 

 of October against the Duke of Bedford's Grey Dioined (see page 238) at even 

 weights, four miles, for a thousand guineas, and just won on the run in. " Sam 

 Chifney," said His Royal Highness, as the horses were walking back to scale, " no 

 person but you shall ride for me," and shook him by the hand. The next day the 

 same two horses met again, for a Plate, under the same conditions, and with the 



same result, Chifney only 

 winning by a small part 

 of what he could have 

 done if he had wished. 



On the 2Oth, Escape 

 was entered for the Sixty 

 Guinea Stakes, Ditch In, 

 for which Chifney did not 

 think him fit, and dis- 

 suaded the Prince from 

 betting on him. The 

 owner's orders were 

 given as he sat in the 

 royal carriage with Lord 

 Barrymore, near the 

 lower end of the rails by the Turn of the Lands. "Sam Chifney," said His 

 Royal Highness, " I am never afraid when I am giving South and you orders, for 

 I know you are both too good jockeys to overmark your horse ; but now I will not 

 compel you to make play with Escape ; providing there should be good play made by 

 any other horse, you may wait with Escape, but should there be no other horse make 

 such as you think good play, you must take care to make good play with Escape." 

 These orders did not commend themselves to Chifney, who found that his mount had 

 not had a sweat since his last race with Grey Diomed ; so that on Mr. Lake's 

 suggesting that he should wait, and that the Prince should be informed of the 

 change they had both made in the instructions, Chifney waited, and the result was as 

 follows : 



The Duke of Graf fan's "Partisan" (1811) 

 by " Walton" out of "Parasol." 



