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 was tried with Don Quixote and -Lance, and Es- 

 cape was beaten several lengths by both these 

 horses, before they had run half their course ; 

 and Escape was beaten a very great way at the 

 time that Don Quixote and Lance got in, and 

 LanCe was bcr.tcn easily by Don Quixote. Li 

 this trial I rode Don Quixote. After the trial 

 was over, as I was going home, Mr. W. Lake 

 asked me if I had any thing to say to His 

 Royal Highness, and if I had been satisfied w^itli 

 the horse's running that day, as he was going to 

 write to His Royal Highness at Brighton. I de- 

 sired my duty to His Royal Highness, and ex- 

 pressed my strongest wishes that he would not bet 

 upon Escape against Grey Diomed, for Escape 

 now could not run in the least ; and I wished His 

 Royal Highness would be pleased to give orders 

 for Escape to be tried again before his match. 

 Mr. Lake observed that Escape had run as well 

 this morning as ever, for he never could run any 

 better across the Flat — a very extraordinary say- 

 ing of Mr. Lake's, as Escape had been seen at 



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