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weight assigned them. There is no doubt that 

 several jockeys did weigh out at the top stand, and 

 without knowing it rode 2 lb. overweight ; and if 

 one of them had won, and the fact of carrying this 

 overweight had been discovered, he would have been 

 disqualified. The culprit, when his turn came, of 

 course passed satisfactorily, having weighed out and 

 in at the top stand. But Sam Adams, the rider of 

 Catch 'em Alive, one of those who had ' weighed out ' 

 at the lower stand, was the first to try the scales in 

 ' weighing in ' at the top stand, and he could not 

 draw the weight. 



Admiral Rous was sent for by the clerk, and after 

 many ineffectual attempts to draw the weight, Adams 

 was told to leave the scales — on the face of it a 

 virtual disqualification. Then James Grimshaw, the 

 rider of Summerside, the third horse, tried and failed 

 to draw his weight, though he protested that he 

 drew it very well at the lower stand. I told the 

 Admiral that I was sure Adams weighed the proper 

 weight 'out.' Of this I was positive ; for he rode in 

 an exercise saddle without any saddle-cloth, and so 

 could neither from design nor accident have lost any 

 weight, as I saddled and unsaddled the horse myself, 

 and I asked that he might be allowed to weigh there 

 again. But the Admiral would not permit it. 



' No,' he said ; ' though for convenience' sake there 

 are two places to weigh out at, there is but one that 

 you can weigh in at after the race.' 



