122 

 On the evening before running, I took the li- 

 berty of asking Mr. Vauxhall CLirk to tell Mr. 

 Bullock, I thought he might lose the Oatlands 

 from his not thinking as I did, that his horse 

 Toby could win ; Mr. Clarke told me Mr. Bul- 

 lock and his people backed his other horse Buz- 

 zard, which I thought made him not take pains 

 to get a person to ride Toby that was in high 

 practice in riding, as the person engaged was not 

 so ; and that I would give one hundred guineas 

 could I ride Toby, But I did not know if it 

 would be proper that I should ride him, from the 

 insult His Royal Highness so lately received at 

 Newmarket. And I begged for Mr. Bullock to 

 persevere in trying to have Lord Clermont's rider^ 

 as Buzzard had no chance whatever of winning ; 

 and that Toby, I thought, had no chance of 

 being beat, without it was by riding. " Mr. 

 " Bullock (1 said) may think me impertinent pre- 

 " tending to know his horses better than he does 

 '* himself; but 'tis so, and a few hours will shew 

 " it." 



Mr. 



