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not running better. I thought Mr, Cookson and 

 his groom, who was more fit for a tap-boy than a 

 training-groom, were making out that I had rode 

 Sir Harry a cheat. It was Sir Harry's condition 

 that made him run so indifferently. 



When Mr. Cookson was going to his carriage, 

 I begged him not to let any person talk him out 

 of what I had said to him, that Sir Harry could 

 not run, and for him by no means to think of 

 backing him. 



On the following morning I waited upon Mr. 

 Cookson, and he was getting more inclined to 

 think Sir Harry would win, and continued making 

 excuses for Sir Harry's running on the day before. 

 I repeated to him not to think about his winning. 



Mr. Cookson said Cockfighter did not run, 

 neither did Wonder. He then said Sir Harry 

 must win to-day, as those were post-horses he had 

 to run against. I said 1 did not know about the 

 horses he had to run against, but I did know that 

 Sir Harry could not run, and I felt it my duty to 



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