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 Some little time after this race was over, 

 Mr. W. Lake came up to me, and said, " I give 

 " you joy, Chifney ; I was glad to see the horse 

 " win ; T mean, I was glad for the horse's master's 

 " sake, fori don't mind any thing about them 

 '^ for myself." This I thought was strange talk. 

 I observed, however, to Mr. Lake, that Pegasus 

 was nearly being beaten, from being very unfit to 

 run : and I further remarked that it was ridicu- 

 lous for His Royal Highness's horses to be so very 

 often brought o t unfit to run, without any ac- 

 count being given for it. I told Mr. W. Lake 

 that Neale was unqualified to act as groom to His 

 Royal Highness. I was particularly disgusted 

 with the assurance with whjch Neale supported 

 his ignorance. I hkt-wise told Mr. W. Lake that 

 he was the most in fault to sufter those goings on. 

 I did not recommend abuse to Neale, and told 

 Mr. Lake that Neale wanted assistance. I knew^, 

 where there were so many horses continually run- 

 ning, that tlierf must be many changes in their 

 running ; but it is the groom's place to account to 



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