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 had saidto him about horses' condition had made 

 him so very dissatisfied with mc^ there were many 

 unpleasant appearances to me. I thought Baro- 

 net's chance for the Oatlands might be done 

 away by some means, if I made my opinion known. 

 My silence on this I thought was necessary for 

 Baronet's safety, till led out for running. 



I had always, till this time, made my opinion 

 known to Mr. Warwick Lake, on the Prince's 

 business, dutifully. 



Mr. Richard Vernon — " Those are Chifney*s 

 *' tricks again." 



Escape stood matched for the 3d of October 

 1791^ against the Duke of Bedford's Grey Dio- 

 med, at even weights, four miles, over New^- 

 market, for one thousand guineas. A long time 

 before this match was ran I wished His Royal 

 Highness to bet as much money on Escape, for 

 this race, as His Highness would ever wash to stand 

 on any one race. Before this match came on to 

 be run. Escape was tried across the Flat, which I 

 reckon to be about a mile and a quarter. He 

 H 2 was 



