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King's approach, with all the splendour of 

 majesty, and, what is still more gratifying, 

 amidst the loud acclamations of his subjects, 

 sets the finish on the whole. Long may 

 the royal name be venerable to the English 

 people. 



Goodwood is the next great aristocratic 

 meeting in the south, and has monopolised 

 nearly all the racing of those parts. The 

 Drawing-Room and the Goodwood stakes, 

 and the cup, are prizes of such high value, 

 that, as birds peck at the best fruit, all the 

 crack horses of Newmarket are brought 

 thither to contend for them. The corpora- 

 tion of Chichester add one hundred pounds 

 to the cup, and his Majesty gives a one 

 hundred-guinea plate. The course at Good- 

 wood is also one of the best in England, 

 nearly ten thousand pounds having been 

 expended upon it including the stand and 

 the improvement of the road leading to it 

 by the Duke of Richmond ; but his grace 

 will be reimbursed if the meeting continues, 

 by the admission-tickets to the stand, etc. 



Let us take one glance of that modern 

 Epirus, the county of York, in which there 

 are now twelve meetings in the year (nearly 



