And dresses, distinctions, and deserts disguised;

By vintners made vivid, their views became various,

Amusements were many, and mirth multifarious.

The racers (at Watson’s) were regularly enter’d,

And money at booking was formally ventur’d;

A Newmarket rider, rear’d in racing stables,

Conversant in quirks, and acquainted with cabals;

Whose powers of profession were priz’d upon paction,

And principles privately put up to auction:

Some Monkseaton farmers on fraud plac’d affiance,