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that he thought that those who had to occupy them 

 might not be quite satisfied. His Grace replied that 

 during his service in the army he would often have 

 been thankful for such comfort as they afforded. 



During the Goodwood Race-week the demand for 

 post-horses exceeded the supply, although two land- 

 lords — the brothers Moon, one at Kingston and the 

 other at the King's Arms, Godalming — kept more 

 than one hundred pairs. 



To distinguish these two Moons, the one at King- 

 ston was known as " Half Moon," whilst the sporting 

 one at Godalming was designated " Full Moon." It 

 was at Moon's inn at Godalming that General Gros- 

 venor was detained for lack of post-horses in 1828, 

 having left Goodwood on the morning of the day 

 upon which the Duke of Richmond's Miss Craven 

 won the Goodwood Cup, beating Lord Mountcharles' 

 Rasselas after a severe race, the latter carrying five 

 pounds overweight in consequence of F. Buckle the 

 jockey not being able to scale the proper weight. 

 General Grosvenor penned the following lines and 

 sent them to the Duke of Richmond by the coach which 

 stopped at " Full Moon's," and his Grace read them to 

 his guests after dinner that evening, to their great glee 



" My dear Lord Mountcharles, as the coach has come in, 

 Whilst I, like Charles Greville, am lengthening my chin. 

 You know well his manner when things ' run amuck,' 

 He'd have killed little Buckle for eating that duck. 



