5(5 



turned till the rider should hear me, lest my 

 horse's fore legs should get entangled with the 

 other horse's hind legs. I very much wished Es- 

 cape to be pulled up, that he might not be abused 

 after having been so much beaten. I saw no 

 more of him in this race, but from the situation 

 I left him in, and the front horses renewing their 

 pace, he must have been beaten a very great way. 

 It is to be remarked, thai the same person that 

 trained Escape for the trial and r?.ce rode Escape 

 for trial and race. 



Some time after this race was over, Mr. W. 



Lake was standing on the course, before the 



booths, and Gaskoin and I stopped with him. 



Mr. Lake said, " Well, Chifney, these horses ran 



" the same again." I replied, " Sir !" Mr, 



Lake said, " Escape and Baronet, I mean ; they 



• ran just the same to-day as they ran in their 



' trial the other day." I said, " The same to- 



' day. Sir, as they ran in their trial the other 



' day ?" Mr. Lake added, " Yes, the very 



' same to-day, as they ran in their trial ; for Es- 



'* cape 



