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artful way (apparently to me since) of duping 

 most of the public by hawking it about that the 

 reason the horse was beaten was, that the day, or 

 the ground, or the length he had run, &c. &c. 

 did not suit him ; and often saddle innocent peo- 

 ple with some bad management. When it has 

 been my lot to ride such races where those balls 

 had been given, or any other bad or unskilful 

 management, they generally saddled me with rid- 

 ing a cheat. It has clearly appeared to me that 

 this Casborne and his gang had a person or two 

 that could come to Newmarket, &c. and strip all, 

 according as people betted with them and their 

 agents. But all this, I believe, is put a stop to, 

 where that grooms are not indolent, or rascals. I 

 believe I have suffered more than any one by this 

 thieving-trap. 



After my examination at Newmarket by the 

 Stewards of the Jockey Club, and I well know 

 that it was after the Duke of York's coming from 

 abroad /ro7?j the Puchess, that this subject was 



renewed. 



