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turf. Pauline, as you are aware, won the first 

 heat, Harold the second, the mare being reserved 

 for the third. When Mr. Curwen was mounted 

 for the last heat, Mr. Munro told me, that should 

 my horse win, I should certainly lose her, as 

 she would be claimed. Upon hearing this, 

 and finding such to be the case, 1 deter- 

 mined not to run the risk of losing her, and 

 immediately gave Mr. Curwen orders to prevent 

 the possibility of it. This I felt, under the cir- 

 cumstances, perfectly justified in doing, as I can 

 happily declare that I was in no way interested 

 in the race, except the feeling I had in saving my 

 mare, and having a few paltry bets in backing 

 her, and the chance of winning the stakes, which 

 I determined to forego. They then state their 

 opinion to be that the whole affair is fraudulent 

 and disgraceful. This I defy them to prove. How 

 can they prove it fraudulent, when I can most 

 solemnly declare, on the oath of a gentleman, that 

 neither I or Mr. Curwen won one shilling by the 

 race, nor were, either directly or indirectly, bene- 

 fited by the result? This, sir, is a clear state- 

 ment of the motives under which I acted, and I 

 trust that the public, on reading this declaration 

 of facts, will exonerate me from any intent to 

 deceive or take any fraudulent advantage. 



" I was naturally much surprised to see the 

 Duke of Beaufort's name annexed to the docu- 



