SAMUEL CHIFNEY'S REASONS 



THIS PUBLICATION, 



I AM fully aware of the singularity and auk- 

 wardness of the circumstances under which I am 

 forced to appear before the public upon paper. 



I do not conceive that any noblemen or gen- 

 tlemen whom I have the honour of addressing, can 

 be ignorant of the sensation that was made on the 

 turf when I had the honour of riding His Royal 

 Highness the Prince of Wales's Horse Escape, 

 at Newmarket, on the 20th and 21st days of 

 October 1791- Some may say this is an old 

 story, and long since forgotten, and that I am 

 wrong to revive it. 



I have but one answer to make to all such ob- 

 servations ; which is, that I have felt the effects 

 of the occurrences of those days have operated 

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