THE TURF. 
to the cup, and his majesty gives a one hundred-guinea 
plate. The course at Goodwood is also one of the best 
in England, nearly ten thousand pounds having been 
expended upon it including the stand and the improve- 
ment of the road leading to it by the Duke of Rich- 
mond ; but his grace will be reimbursed if the meeting 
continues, by the admission- tickets to the stand, &c. 
Let us take one glance of that modern Epirus, the 
county of York, in which there are now twelve meetings 
in the year (nearly a century ago there were half as 
many more). York is one of our oldest race meet- 
ings, and was patronised by the great sportsmen of all 
countries in former days ; but the names of Cookson, 
Wentworth, Goodricke, Garforth, Hutchinson, Cromp- 
ton, Gascoigne, Sitwell, Pierse, Shafto, and some others, 
appear indigenous to Knavesmere Heath. The money 
run for at the Spring and August Meetings, 1832, 
exceeded fourteen thousand six hundred pounds in 
plates and sweepstakes ; yet they are now greatly on 
the wane. Catterick Bridge, in this county, is also an 
important meeting, as coming very early in the season ; 
and Richmond and Pontefract are tolerably supported. 
But what shall we say of Doncaster ? 
" Troy once was great, but oh. ! the scene is o'er, 
Her glory vanished and her name no more ! " 
And wherefore this? Is it that we miss Mrs. Beaumont 
in her coach-and-six, with her numerous outriders ? Is 
it that the lamented Earl Fitzwilliam, with his splendid 
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