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 Fidget his match against Meteor to-morrow ; but 

 tell Chifney " he is to ride for me as usual." 



On the following day, (Saturday,) the first race 

 that came on was Mr. O'Kelly's Augusta, 8st. 

 and Lord Derby's Paul, Sst. 7lb. Ditch-in, for 

 two hundred guineas. I rode Augusta, and she 

 was beat. She had run Paul a hard and near 

 race. Directly I came from the scale, I was told 

 Goodison had much abused me for being beat on 

 Augusta, and that he had matched her again 

 to run the same day, and the same course, Au- 

 gusta Sst. and Paul Sst. 4lb. for five hundred 

 guineas. About this time Mr. O'Kelly came to 

 me, and said he was very angry with himself at 

 letting the fellow have the mare to run again. 



I told Mr. O'Kelly as he had done it, I wished 

 him not to bet upon her. Mr. O'Kelly said the 

 fellow had asked him to stand fifty guineas with 

 him on the match. I told Mr. O'Kelly to get it 

 off, and let the fellow pay for his impudence. As 

 Mr. O'Kelly was thus talking to me, the Duke 

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