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to match till I saw His Royal Highness when I 

 came from scale. Directly I came from the 

 scale, His Koyal Highness said Mr. Lake and 

 PVank Ncale had hccn at him again that I had 

 lost the race. I directly made answer, " Your 

 *• Royal Highness, RhacUimanthus has now no 

 " engagements upon him, and upon such an oc* 

 " casion as this I am sure Lord Grosvenor will 

 '^ oblige your Highness with the horse, and I 

 ". pray your Royal Highness let them be 

 " matched ; and for Rhadamanthus thus to give 

 *^ Fitzvvilliam twenty-one pounds to run the same 

 *^ course, and for me to ride Rhadamanthus ; 

 " and I wish your Royal Highness to bet five or 

 " ten thousand upon Rhadamanthus, and it is a 

 " thousand guineas to one shilling Rhadamanthus 

 <' wins. I will then show them such riding as 

 <' they never can be made to know." 



When the Prince left the race-ground, he went 

 on the other side of the town to see the horses ex- 

 ercise, and the Prince came riding down the hill 



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