FOUNDING OF THE GRAND STAND, ASCOT, ETC. l6l 



many admirable arrangements for the comfort and con- 

 venience of the thousands of sight-seers. A stringent 

 code of laws was inaugurated by him, suppressing the 

 prevalent system of false starts, and he put down 

 swindling in its every form. It was said that ' He alone 

 effected what a whole body admitted themselves unequal 

 to attempt. 



