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race was run. Escape lost the Oatlands Stakes 

 there from not waiting. 



Ill the month of August 1790 I was ordered to 

 York to ride Escape, and directly after my return, 

 Mr. George Leigh, a person in His Royal High- 

 ness's household, told me, on Egham race- 

 ground, that my conduct about Escape, at York, 

 had been much canvassed and blamed by the 

 company at Wooburn, and by none so much as 

 by the Duke of Queensberry. I shall therefore 

 be particular in all that occurred on this occasion. 

 Before I set out for York I had been informed 

 that His Royal Highness had taken three thou- 

 sand to two thousand, in one bet, that Escape 

 won both the Great Subscriptions ; and immedi- 

 ately upon my arrival there I asked Casborne if Es- 

 cape were well to run. Ele answered, " Yes ;" but 

 upon my telling him my reasons why he was not 

 so, Casborne came over to my opinion. I im- 

 puted no fault to Casborne, but thought he had 

 not had Escape under his care a sufficient time to 

 get him into running order. I charged Casborne, 



