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injustice to the other patrons of the stable, for, 

 as I have previously explained, all horses at 

 Kingsclere were, so to say, kept in common. 

 We allowed no secrets and no jealousies. 



The general impression outside the stable was 

 that the owner of Paradox had scratched his 

 horse simply because the cream of the market 

 had been skimmed during his absence abroad. 

 That was not, I believe, the real reason. My 

 impression has always been that Mr. Cloete came 

 to the conclusion Paradox had no chance in the 

 Cambridgeshire with so big a weight on his back. 

 Nevertheless, he ought not to have acted so 

 impetuously, even if his surmise was correct. I 

 was convinced at the time that Paradox could 

 have won the Cambridgeshire. 



Two days after he had been to Kingsclere I 

 received from Mr. Cloete the following letter : 



90 Piccadilly, W., 

 dth Sept. 



Dear Porter — I am more than distressed at the 

 untoward manner in which the scratching of Paradox is 

 viewed. 



I have written a short letter to the papers making a 

 simple statement of fact, and shall not enter further into 

 the matter in print. 



There is no doubt — now that I have looked over the 

 back papers — that it was owing to my statements in 

 New York, to the effect that I should not run my horse 

 at the weight, that led to the opposition in the betting, 

 and had I realised, on landing, what had occurred while 



