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to any appointment for that evening or the next 

 morning, as I was desirous that he should see the 

 horse, and give me his opinion. Mr. John Scott 

 appointed the next morning (Friday) at eleven 

 o'clock. I left the stables in the belief that the 

 horse would remain quiet until Mr. Field's 

 arrival. 



*' Mr. John Scott, in his letter to Lord West- 

 minster, states that he told me of his intention 

 to try the horse on Friday morning. This I most 

 positively deny. It has repeatedly struck me, if 

 that had been his intention, he ought to have ap- 

 prised me of it, and that under the peculiar cir- 

 cumstances of the case, he ought to have been 

 most anxious that I should have witnessed it. On 

 the Friday, and at the time appointed by Mr. John 

 Scott, I attended with Mr. Field, when we were 

 told by Mr. John Scott that he had taken the 

 horse out early that morning — that he had tried 

 him with Bretbv and Albemarle — that he had won 

 the trial, beating Albemarle 60 or 100 yards — that 

 he had proved him to be as good as at his former trial 

 — and that he had bled and physicked him. I was 

 astonished at this announcement, and was inca- 

 pable of making any remark at the instant. Mr. 

 John Scott subsequently stated that he had no 

 doubt the horse had been poisoned previously to 

 the Derby race. He could suspect nobody, and he 

 wished me to send down a Bow Street officer. 



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