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'« to taking your affidavit that you were not ar- 

 *^ rested at Ascot Heath, neither did Vauxhall 

 *• Clark pay 300 1. for you?" I replied to His 

 Royal Highness, " I am very willing to do it.'* 

 His Royal Highness said, " Then you will do it. — 

 " Good morning !" and then left me. 



The malicious invention of the false tale about 

 my being arrested, and Mr. Clark's paying money 

 for me, I believe must be to saddle me with obli- 

 gation ; and, from my being under obligation, it 

 might be their thoughts it would compel me to 

 improper connexion. 



When I say the chief of my bets, this summer, 

 had been with Vauxhall Clark, those bets were 

 at other races, not at Newmarket ; and why I 

 betted more with Mr. Vauxhall Clark than with 

 any other person, upon His Royal Highness's 

 horses, w^as, that Mr. Clark chose to take more 

 pains to put himself in my way at times as I 

 thought were seasonable for me to bet without 

 disturbing or offending His Royal Highness's 



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