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ashamed to be the cause of giving him so iiuich 

 trouble concerning my making a bet ; therefore, 

 as it was his particular wish, I would bet him 

 twenty guineas tliat Escape won. It was merely 

 to say we were all on one side, either to win a 

 httle or lose a little, whichever might happen. 

 But I begged of him not to let this bet make him 

 imagine that I thought Escape would win ; I 

 merely betted to oblige him ; and this I desired 

 might be made known to His Royal Highness. 

 Mr. W. Lake turned back, and I went over and 

 got ready to start and run. Escape was just able 

 to win ; they were both upon a par a small dis- 

 tance from the end ; but Escape being the strong- 

 est horse, it let him just win. 



Directly after the race was over, and the horses 

 were walking back to scale, His Royal Highness 

 rode up by the side of Escape, and did me the 

 very high honour of taking me by the hand, say- 

 ing, " Sam Chifney, no person but you shall ride 

 " for me." 



Kind and flattering as these words were from 



His 



