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 I said, " I am vciy glad your Royal Highness 

 *^ does run Escape to-morrow, for I think Es- 

 " cape will win to-morrow ; and I wish your 

 " Royal Highness to back liim to-morrow to 

 " losing six or seven hundred ; and I wish you to 

 ''^ back him, Mr. Lake, and I will back him, your 

 " Royal Highness: and had Escape not run to- 

 " day, I should not have wished your Royal High- 

 " ness to back him to-morrow, for this sharp rally 

 " to-day will not fatigue him ; it has caused a 

 " good perspiration, so as to lighten him of his 

 " flesh, and opened his pores, that he will run 

 *^ both faster and longer to-morrow ; and his 

 " running to-day is my only reason for wishing 

 *' your Royal Highness to back him to-morrow ; 

 " for had he not run to-day, I should not have 

 " wished your Royal Highness to back him to- 

 " morrow." 



This is all that passed upon the subject this day. 



I wish it to be understood that I don't mean that 



horses are always to run better the second day 



K 2 than 



