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Coombe to the editor, being in reply to a previous 

 communication from Scott. 



Sir, 

 " I have read in your paper of Sunday last, a 

 letter addressed by Mr. John Scott to the Marquis 

 of Westminster and other gentlemen, his em- 

 ployers, together with some correspondence be- 

 tween Mr. John Scott and myself. Without 

 adverting at present to the first part of that 

 statement, I shall proceed at once to the race for 

 the Derby stakes at Epsom, and the subsequent 

 treatment of my horse. I believed him to be a 

 superior animal ; T was sanctioned in this belief 

 by the public betting ; and I was confirmed in it 

 by the assurance of Mr. John Scott. I was very 

 much disappointed with his running, which, at the 

 time, I attributed to illness. Immediately after 

 the races of the day were over, that is, on the 

 Wednesday, I went to the stables at Leatherhead. 

 The horse appeared to me to be suffering from 

 distemper, and Mr. John Scott told me that also 

 was his opinion. On my return from London on 

 Thursday evening, and in my way home, I went 

 again to the stables, when the horse appeared 

 easier and better, though in my opinion far from 

 well. I told Mr. John Scott that I had come from 

 London, that I had seen Mr. Field, the veterinary 

 surgeon, who had promised that he would attend 



