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better to-day than he did in his trial, Grey Diomecl 

 would run clear away from him. Mr. Lake then 

 left me, and some time after returned, still press- 

 ing me to back Escape, which I declined. I now 

 felt myself teazed at being urgently and repeat- 

 edly pressed to bet upon Escape, so directly against 

 my desire. 



I must here remark, that before I went over to 

 saddle I waited in expectation that His Royal 

 Highness would send for me to question me about 

 Escape, and to receive his orders, &c. : but His 

 Royal Highness did not send for me, neither did 

 Mr. W. Lake give me any orders ; nor do I to 

 this moment know why His Royal Highness did 

 not see me before starting in this, as he usually 

 did at other races, but this race particularly. 



After this, as I was going over the course to 

 get ready to start, and when I was more than half 

 way over the Four-mile Course, Mr. W. Lake 

 rode up to me in a great hurry, and renewed his 

 a.nxiety for me to make a bet upon Escape. 



I then observed to Mr. Lake, that I was 



ashamed 



