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that he was robbed of forty guineas that he had 

 betted yesterday upon Esea'^^e. 



Now the appearance to ine is this : On the 

 first day of Escape's running, Ncale had not suf- 

 ficient skill to know Escape was not in proper 

 condition to enable him to run near his best form, 

 and he backed him, cried, and was rude. 



Whether that severe saying of Mr. W. Lake 

 to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales di- 

 rectly Escape had won, on the 21st of October 

 1791, was meant thinking it would cause His 

 Royal Highness to be under the necessity of dis- 

 missing Chifney, I will leave Mr. W. Lake to 

 determine. 



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