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horses came in. As Escape had been very much 

 beaten, I gave over, a few 3^ards before he got in, 

 from forcing him, and paid no attention to which 

 of the beating horses passed the post first of 

 Escape and Pipeator. 



This race was from the Ditch-in, which is 

 called two miles, and there was but little running 

 made till they got a small distance over the turn 

 of the lands ; they then made a sudden start into 

 very severe running, and continued so all the way 

 in. 



From where they set into this very severe run 

 ning was, I think, rather more than half a mile 

 from the winning-post. Soon after they started 

 into this very severe running, Escape in a veiy 

 little time was some little farther behind than I 

 wished him to be, and it frightened me at the 

 time, thinking I had been too tender with him ; 

 but I soon saw it was not so, but that Escape 

 could not run as fast as Coriander or Skylark. 

 Escape was at no time in this race able to get up 

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