Identifier: recordsreminisce00kent (find matches)
Title: Records and reminiscences of Goodwood and the dukes of Richmond
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Kent, John, horse trainer
Subjects: Richmond, Dukes of Goodwood House (England) Horses
Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston & Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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ted the picture. Thislong stride, with the tiny jockey and the lightweightupon him, told fearfully upon his opponents, asimmediately after starting he took up the runningsome lengths in advance of the field opposed tohim, which lead he continued to increase till heultimately passed the winning-post first by nearlyfifty lengths, the contest being more of the characterof a deer-chase in the area of a circus, than a raceupon a race-course. Upon the return of the horse to Goodwood, therejoicings were universal upon the road from theFareham railway-station (the nearest, 22 miles, toGoodwood at that time), and when he reached Chi-chester, the van in which the horse travelled was metby a concourse of persons displaying the yellow andscarlet colours in every form and device, from flags torosettes and ribbons, etc. Upon reaching the Good-wood park gates, the post-horses were detached by abody of the stable-lads and assistants, who had pro-vided themselves with ropes, poles, etc., to substitute
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cs a a a ^ Eh ,S *-* ;^ M ^ H fa o S o c; SI AND TEE DUKES OF EICEMOND. 103 themselves for the horses, drawing the horse andvan in triumph to the stables, where they were metby the noble owner of the horse and a large portionof his family, w^ho were welcomed and cheered to anextent that would vie with the rejoicings after anygreat victory. In 1831 his Grace was one of the stewards of theJockey Club, and he aided in revising many of therules laid down by them. Sixty-eight clauses werecarefully looked into and the whole code revised. A most important question to the sporting worldoccupied his Graces attention, namely, the repeal ofan obsolete Act of George II. (1740), which prohibitedany person from running more than one horse in arace, or from running any horse otherwise than in hisown name. On the 3rd of March, 1840, his Grace requested theirLordships in the House of Lords to permit the firstreading of the bill, which had been rendered necessaryby certain transactions of a vexed chara

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