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on the first day ; and thirteen years later, in his Genius 

 Genuine, he gave a narrative of the proceeding, accounting 

 for the defeat of Escape on the first day by his being short 

 of work, and for his winning on the second, by the effects of 

 the gallop, in putting him in trim. Notwithstanding the ex- 

 planations given, the Jockey Club, through Sir Charles Bun- 

 bury, informed the Prince, that if he suffered Chifney to ride 

 his horses again, no gentleman would ride against him. The 

 proceeding seems contrary to the rules of evidence, and the 

 principles of fair dealing. The Prince declared his own in- 

 nocence ; and no fact, which has ever been communicated to 

 the world, proved his guilt, or even rendered the surmise of 

 it probable. If he believed his jockey innocent, he could not 

 dismiss him without injustice or dishonour; and the demand 

 that he should do so, was in itself an insult and a wrong, 

 The Prince felt it to be both, and for many years retired 

 from all connexion with the turf. About the year 1800, 

 however, his Royal Highness began to restore his stud, in 

 which he took great delight, and resumed his accustomed 

 amusement. He sent his horses to Brighton, Lewis, Ascot, 

 Goodwood, and other meetings, even after he had ascended 

 the throne, and by degrees restored the Royal stud to great 

 magnificence ; and to his latest hour, his Majesty took much 

 interest in the amusements of the course. The stud at 

 Hampton Court passed into the hands of his late Majesty 

 King William, who judiciously abandoned training for the 

 turf, but acted on the principle of encouraging the breed of 

 horses, by instituting annual sales of the young horses which 

 were bred at the establishment. Soon after the accession of 

 her present Majesty, the stud at Hampton Court was wholly 

 broken up. It is to be regretted that the horses, amongst 

 which were some Arabians, presented by the Imaun of Mus- 

 cat, believed to be of the purest of the Desert Breed, should 

 have been dispersed, and carried to other countries. But, 

 otherwise, the measure, which excited so much angry dis- 

 cussion at the time, appears to have been discreet and wise. 



