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Highness could guess. His Royal Highness said, 

 *' I think I shall win seventeen thousand." As 

 His Royal Highness was riding from me, I said 

 that I had backed Baronet, and His Royal High- 

 ness appeared pleased at my naming it. His 

 Royal Highness rode on, and presently came to 

 see the horses saddled, saw me mounted, wished 

 me good luck, and in "a short time after, Baro- 

 net's goodness carried me in first. This was a 

 very hard race with Baronet and Express till within 

 a few yards of the end. My very favourite horse 

 Escape was beaten a great way ; for when these 

 horses had near half a mile to run. Baronet at that 

 time was about four lengths behind the front 

 horses. Baronet was there by choice. Escape 

 was at that time about two lengths behind Baro- 

 net; but I saw him clearly beaten, and the man 

 was getting very severe upon him. I was about 

 to call to the rider to pull Escape up, but thought 

 better of it, because Escape was not only behind 

 me, but wide from me, and there weie horses 

 between us, and I was fearful of keeping my head 



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