THE FRAUD DETECTED. 4,5 



Feeling 1 certain there was a mistake, I at once, 

 without asking permission, took the weights out 

 of the scale to see if they balanced, and finding* 

 they did not, called the Admiral's attention to the 

 fact. 



■ Here is the mistake, sir,' I said, and first put on 

 1 lb., which did not turn the beam, and then another 

 1 lb., which just balanced it, the Admiral and Lord 

 "Westmorland, the one coolly and the other anxiously, 

 looking on all the time. I then turned up the scale, 

 and discovered and pointed out the three pieces of 

 lead fixed to the bottom. They were at once 

 removed, the clerk affirming that - they were not 

 there this morning ;' and the scales then balanced to 

 a nicety. 



I have always thought it was a great mistake on 

 the part of the Admiral, when the fraud was dis- 

 covered, not to have required the riders of the first 

 three horses to get into the properly adjusted scales, 

 to see if they could draw their respective weights, and 

 not more than 2 lb. over. Had he done so, the diffi- 

 culty would have been settled on the spot, and the 

 result have been in the detection of the jockey who 

 had tampered with the scales, and the disqualification 

 of his horse. I believe only three jockeys weighed 

 in ; one did and two did not draw the weight. This 

 is an impartial and correct account of what took place 

 on the occasion. 



I think I shall not be committing a breach of faith 



