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Epsom to run the fastest horse upon the turf, and 

 with Nimble this same course. I replied, that if 

 Escape did not run a great deal better against 

 Grey Diomed than he had run that day, Grey 

 Diomed would run quite away from him. Mr. 

 Lake still persisted in this opinion. I then 

 frankly told Mr. Lake that if he did not choose to 

 inform His Royal Highness what I had said, that 

 I must do it myself, as my duty required. 



It appears to me after that His Royal Highness 

 did give orders for Escape to be tried again ; for 

 a day or two before the match Mr. W. Lake came 

 from Swaftham races to Newmarket, and he sent 

 Neale, the training-groom to me over-night, de^ 

 siring me to be ready in the morning to try Es- 

 cape, provided it should rain in the night. It did 

 not rain, that I knew of, and Escape was not tried. 



On the morning of the race (3d of October 

 1791) Mr. W. Lake came to me when upon the 

 race ground, wishing me to bet with him upon 

 Escape. I told Mr. Lake I certainly should not 

 back Escape ; for if he did not run a great deal 



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