34 BECORBS AND BEMINISOENCES OF GOODWOOD 



" There now," said tlie Duke, " you are an indus- 

 trious man, getting on with your work in good time, 

 and a pattern to those other disorderly fellows who 

 turn night into day." Henry King, afterwards head 

 kitchen-gardener, was formerly foreman and over- 

 looker of the woodmen and labourers. When his 

 Grace in the year 1800 formed a racecourse — which 

 now is part of the present course — King was overseer 

 of the works. Numbers of men were employed, and 

 he had orders to keep strict time, from 7 a.m. to 

 5 p.m., and not to suffer any irregularities. One 

 mornins; Kinsf did not reach the works until 7.15 

 a.m. The Duke was awaiting his arrival. Putting 

 his watch back fifteen minutes, he advanced towards 

 the Duke, who said, "You are a nice sort of man, 

 sir, to have so many men under you, and to set them 

 such a bad example. I have lost just so much by 

 your laziness ; so many men idle for a quarter of an 

 hour has cost me just so much." King produced his 

 watch, stating that it was but a few minutes past 

 seven ; to which his Grace replied, " It was more 

 than a quarter past by the Goodwood clock." King 

 then said " he did not see the Goodwood clock once 

 a month ; the men commenced work by his watch, 

 and left off by it ; " which was perfectly true. His 

 Grace's reply was, " Oh, if you begin and leave off 

 work by your watch, it is the same as though you 

 kept the Goodwood clock time." 



