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the race ; I said, " Yes, Sir, I have betted thirty 

 " to twenty, with Mr. Cholmondeley, Sir Harry 

 " is beat. I wish Cockfighter had run, as that 

 " would have made it safe." But it turned out 

 safe. There were four of those post-horses, as 

 Mr. Cookson called them, started against Sir 

 Harry, and Sir Harry was last. 



After this Mr. Cookson came to me in the 

 standing-house, and said, " Chifney, you was 

 '' very right about Sir Harry." I told Mr. 

 Cookson that I had nearly been sacrificed several 

 times for these last twenty years, and all from the 

 noblemen and gentlemen falling dupes to those 

 cripples who have neither knowledge or honesty. 



In my own defence I was drove to tell my 

 knowledge of horses' condition, and the effects of 

 it, which was my great advantage upon the turf. 

 I believe I was the cause of winning two of the 

 greatest races through it that ever were run, — 

 theOatlands at Ascot in 179I, and the Oatlands 

 at Newmarket in 1792, I mcan^ where more 

 money was depending. 



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