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time against his career and prospects, that he ulti- 

 mately wrote a history of the whole matter under the 

 title of ' Genius Genuine.' His Royal Highness the 

 Prince of Wales was perfectly convinced of the 

 integrity of his servant, but withdrew from New- 

 market. He continued, however, to be Chifney's 

 patron at other meetings where he had horses running, 

 and also settled a pension upon him, Avhich was to be 

 paid so long as the Prince lived ; in addition to which, 

 Chifney's two sons were received into the Prince's 

 stables. 



One of Chifney's sons, having heard that his 

 father had been calumniated by Colonel Leigh, one 

 of His Royal Highness's equerries, took the liberty of 

 asserting his father's innocence by thrashing that 

 gentleman, which led to the discharge of the lads 

 from the royal stables and the withdrawal of the 

 pension Avhich the Prince had bestowed on their 

 father. This was in 1803, and in 1807 the senior 

 Chifney died in his lodgings in Fleet Street, London, 

 leaving a widow and six children in rather reduced 

 circumstances. There is no doubt whatever that the 

 elder Chifney was in every way a remarkable man, 

 and although only about five feet five inches in height, 

 a giant in his profession of horse-riding. He was 

 possessed of an immense fund of knowledge with 

 regard to the training and riding of horses, as also of 

 stable economy. Ho was the inventor of a particular 

 bit that bore his name, and he was the discoverer of 

 what he called ' slack-rein riding,' about which there 

 was at one time a great deal of controversy. The 

 pamphlet ' Genius Genuine ' obtained a great sale. 



