270 HISTORY OF THE 



best horse, Escape, ridden by the late Samuel 

 Chifney, was beat by Coriander, (by two lengths,) 

 and Skylark, for the plate, for which he was the 

 favourite in the betting ; Ditch-in. On the fol- 

 lowing day. the betting being 4 and 5 to 1 against 

 Escape, this horse, jockied again by Chifney, 

 beat Skylark and other horses easily, B.C. 



Upon this, a great outcry was raised at New- 

 market by the losers, who did not hesitate to 

 say that Chifney had rode to lose on the 20th, 

 and that the Prince of Wales was implicated in 

 the cheat. The Prince, on the contrary, affirmed 

 that he had not a stiver on the first race, while 

 on the second, he only won about 400 gs. 



In order to satisfy the Jockey Club as to Chif- 

 ney's riding in these races, he made an affidavit, 

 of which the following is a copy ; he also caused 

 him to be examined by Sir Charles Bunbury, Ralph 

 Button, and Thos. Panton, Esquires, the Stewards 

 of the Jockey Club. 



" Middlesex. 



" Affidavit of Samuel Chifney, of Newmarket, 

 in the county of Cambridge, rider, maketh oath 

 and saith, that he, this deponent, did ride Escape 

 belonging to his Royal Higlmess the Prince of 

 Wales, in a race in which he was beaten, on the 

 20th October, 1791, at Newmai'ket ; and that he 

 did also at Newmarket ride the same horse in 

 another race, on the next day, viz. the 21st of 

 October, 1791, ni which he won. That he made 



