THE TURF. 
On entering the town from the London side, the first 
object of attraction is the house long occupied by the 
late Duke of Queensbury, but at present in a disgraceful 
state of decay. " Kingston House " is now used as a 
"hell" (sic transit gloria!)', and the palace, the joint- 
work of so many royal architects, is partly occupied by 
a training-groom, and partly by his Grace of Rutland, 
whose festivities at Cheveley, during the race-meetings, 
have very wisely been abridged. The Earl of Chester- 
field has a house just on entering the town, and the 
Marquis of Exeter a most convenient one, with excel- 
lent stabling attached. The Duke of Richmond, Mr. 
Christopher Wilson, father of the turf, and several other 
eminent sportsmen, are also domiciled at Newmarket 
during the meetings. But the lion of the place is the 
princely mansion lately erected for Mr. Crockford, of 
ultra-sporting notoriety. The pleasaunce of this insular 
consists of sixty acres, already enclosed by Mr. Crock- 
ford within a high, stone wall. The houses of the 
Chifneys are also stylish things. That of Samuel, the 
renowned jockey, is upon a large scale, and very 
handsomely furnished the Duke of Cleveland having 
for several years occupied apartments in it during the 
meetings. That of William Chifney, the trainer, is still 
larger, and, perhaps, barring Crockford's, the best house 
in Newmarket.* Near to the town is the stud-farm of 
* We are sorry to have to state that a reverse of fortune has been the 
lot of both the Chifneys and that these houses are in the hands of their 
creditors. 
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