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To Mr..

SIR,

The following Extract of a Letter from Newmarket fell into my hands lately, near Chester. It contains an account of so extraordinary and severe a race, and exhibits such an instance of bottom in three horses, as can scarcely be parallel'd in the annals of racing. I hope it comes under the description that will gain it admittance into your publication. I have made much enquiry at Newmarket about it, and can only make out, that the Oldest Jockies suppose it to be a letter