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their being alarmed at a person called Old Tight 

 being taken to justice for breaking into a stable to 

 poison a horse for his match of five hundred 

 guineas ; — and this Bloss his Lordship engaged to 

 be under me in my training. 



In 1794 Frank More was training-groom to 

 Lord Sackville, and this More I saw was too 

 much acquainted, for me, with Richard Goodi- 

 son, then training-groom at Newmarket ; there- 

 fore I made up my mind to have nothing to do 

 with Lord Sackville's race-horses, if More was 

 not discharged; and he was discharged, as I 

 thought. After this it came out that Frank More, 

 &c. &c. were colleagues of Casborne and Old Tight 

 in breaking into a stable to poison a horse for his 

 race, and in what is called pigeoning, at the time 

 of the drawing of the Irish Lottery. 



When I told this to Mr. Delme, (meaning Mr. 

 Delme Ratcliffe,) and my author, that he had- it 

 from Old Tight, Mr. Delme's answer was, "Why 

 " it can't be so, Chifney ! and he don't like to 

 " change his nurse, I see !" 



When 



