100 EEGORBS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



society to inspirit and gratify him, a stranger would 

 indeed be fastidious who did not consider the Good- 

 wood course the perfection and paradise of race- 

 grounds." To permit a friend to share these advan- 

 tages was a proof of his Grace's kindly disposition, 

 which he exhibited when he granted to Lord George 

 Bentinck permission to move all his horses to Good- 

 wood, and to engage them in his own name. With 

 such an enthusiasm for racing as Lord George Bentinck 

 had, and such privileges, the natural advantages of 

 the Goodwood estate for training race-horses were 

 extended to the utmost by levelling banks, grubbing 

 up trees, and forming gallops by the joint exertions 

 of the Duke and his Lordship, till perfection was 

 attained. Although his Grace did not breed or 

 possess any animal of extraordinary merit upon the 

 turf, he was successful with many of those he bred, 

 which greatly enhanced his pleasure, as he took the 

 greatest delight possible in his breeding stud. Those 

 which most distinguished themselves of this class 

 were Eefraction, which won the Oaks in 1845 ; Pic 

 Nic, which won the 1000 guineas stakes at New- 

 market in the same year ; Red Deer, winner of the 

 Chester Cup in 1844 ; Yampyre, which won the 

 Ascot Stakes in 1848 and 1849 ; Red Hart, which 

 won a number of valuable stakes amounting to 

 £6405 ; Red Hind, Cuckoo, Officious, Harbinger, 

 Pharos, Homebrewed, Hornpipe, and Ghillie Galium. 



