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 win till tbis happened. I don't see what this say- 

 ing could mean of Escape's being second^ but by 

 Mr. Lake's first trying it upon me, to see if he 

 Gould the better impose it upon the Prince, by 

 way of making it out that he had been right in 

 his standing it out to the Prince, before starting, 

 that Escape was well to run. 



It appears to me that Mr. Richard Vernon had 

 been imposed upon in his information by a person 

 that had not an opportunity of knowing of Chif- 

 ney's changing his opinion from riding Escape to 

 ride Baronet, so early as those sort of agents are 

 generally used to, which would disappoint them 

 in their betting, &c. ; it is ungentlemaning them- 

 ,selves to use those dirty little agents that make it 

 their business to hunt after the secrets of noble- 

 men's and gentlemen's stables, such as their pri- 

 vate trials, &c. 



It has been alluded to me that I was tricking 

 Mr. W. Lake, my not telling him my opinion 

 changing from Escape to ride Baronet. I did 

 not like to name it to Mr. W. Lake ; for what I 



had 



