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from Fitzwilliam's winning on the Sth of Octo- 

 ber 1700. He then won a race of twelve hun- 

 dred and fifty guineas, and he won it by two or 

 three lengths, at even weights, though the horse 

 he beat could have given him, in this race, if rode 

 with judgment, 14 lb. and have beat him for 

 certain. I had not mentioned this chance man-- 

 ner of Fitzwilliam's winning, as it would only 

 serve to inform my opponents ; for what I men- 

 tioned to one I saw generally served the field. 

 Where I acted out of the usual ways, both in 

 riding and training, I was continually abused 

 where I got beat ; and those trainers that abused 

 my training were all glad to follow my ways, so 

 far as they are able to make them out. I have 

 trained but seldom. 



The Duke of Bedford took me off his horses 

 tv/ice, and threatened me a third time. The 

 first time of my having the honour to ride for the 

 Duke of Bedford was his horse Fidget, for the 

 Claret Stakes at Newmarket, on the 27th of 



April 



