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was also examined on tho occasion by several gentle- 

 men at the request of the Prince ; whilst the stewards 

 of the Jockey Club inquired into the case. What may 

 be termed a 'profound sensation' arose over the 

 aft'air, about whicli much vvas written, and much more 

 was said. I ^hifney's pamphlet on the subject is now 

 very rare, and it has been said of the Escape scandal 

 that it was ' well enveloped in a crowd of lies.' 



Wlien, as George IV., after much entreaty, 

 the Prince returned to the pursuit of his favourite 

 pas;ime, he once m.ore employed Cliifney, and con- 

 tinued his services in connection witli the royal stud. 

 Till the day he died the King continued to take a 

 very keen interest in racing matters. While on his 

 death-bed one of his horses ran in the Ascot Cup, and 

 so interested was His Majesty^, that he had a messenger 

 engaged, who was charged to come express with the 

 result of the race. The Duke of York, the King's 

 brother, twice won the Derby. His career on the 

 turf was a somewhat exciting one ; he was a hon vivitnt 

 of the good old school, and left this sublunary scene 

 deeply in debt to all who would trust him. 



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It would prove interesting to have a list of those 

 men who have, especially in times past, tried in vain 

 to win the Derby — men who entered many horses and 

 ran them in vain ; some of them, as they are them- 

 selves reputed to have said, ' not even seeing the road 

 the winner went.' A long array of names might be 

 compiled of men who never won the Derby. The 



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