102 REaORDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOOD WOOD 



would have gone round the course uncontrolled by 

 his little jockey, and probably not have reached the 

 starting-post again, being of a nervous and excitable 

 temperament, and with an unusual long and clamber- 

 ing stride, as represented- in the illustrations of him ; 

 a stride which was so peculiar that George Morley, 

 the artist, was desired to strictly observe it for two 

 or three days before he painted the picture. This 

 long stride, with the tiny jockey and the lightweight 

 upon him, told fearfully upon his opponents, as 

 immediately after starting he took up the running 

 some lengths in advance of the field opposed to 

 him, which lead he continued to increase till he 

 ultimately passed the winning-post first by nearly 

 fifty lengths, the contest being more of the character 

 of a deer-chase in the area of a circus, than a race 

 upon a race-course. 



Upon the return of the horse to Goodwood, the 

 rejoicings were universal upon the road from the 

 Fareham railway-station (the nearest, 22 miles, to 

 Goodwood at that time), and when he reached Chi- 

 chester, the van in which the horse travelled was met 

 by a concourse of persons displaying the yellow and 

 scarlet colours in every form and device, from flags to 

 rosettes and ribbons, etc. Upon reaching the Good- 

 wood park gates, the post-horses were detached by a 

 body of the stable-lads and assistants, who had pro- 

 vided themselves with ropes, poles, etc., to substitute 



