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** Sam Cliifney, that you won six or seven Imu- 

 '* dred pounds upon the race yesterday, where 

 *' you rode Esca[>e, and won upon him : I am 

 ** told that Vauxhall Clark won all the money for 

 *' you." I answered, " May I not offend by 

 " asking who it was that dared to tell your Royal 

 " Highness so ?" His Royal Highness replied, . 

 " Sam Chiftiey, I wish to know if you liave any 

 " objection to take your affidavit, naming all the 

 ** bets you had upon the race, every way, when 

 " you rode Escape, and was beaten upon him, on 

 *' the day before yesterday ?" I acknowledged 

 my readiness to do it, if it would give His Roya' 

 Highness any satisfaction. His Royal Highness 

 said, " Sam Chifney, your doing it will give 

 *' yourself satisfaction, it will give the public sa- 

 *^ tisfaction, and it will give me satisfaction. 

 " You will specify, in your affidavit, all the bets 

 " you had upon both days' races, when that you 

 " rode Escape on the day before yesterday, and 

 " was beat upon him ; and yesterday, when that 



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