180 RECORDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



of Earl Spencer, in 1845, the Duke was unani- 

 mously chosen President, which distinguished posi- 

 tion, from the great interest he felt and the support 

 he rendered to agriculture, he occupied till his 

 death. 



In 1850, at a meeting of the Club, two resolutions 

 were unanimously passed. One delegated "full 

 power to the President to admit the royal family of 

 this or other countries to the show at whatever time 

 he might deem expedient ;" the other expressed " the 

 anxiety of the Club to evince and perpetuate its 

 feelings of respect towards the Duke of Richmond, 

 by desiring that his Grace's profile should appear on 

 the reverse of the club medal; that his Grace be 

 required to sit to W. Wyon, Esq., R.A., of her 

 Majesty's Mint, for the preparation of a die." 



In 1834 his Grace made a match with Lord 

 Huntingfield to exhibit five best shearing South 

 Down wether sheep against him, which his Grace 

 won ; he also gained the gold medal for the best 

 short-wooled sheep in the years 1830, 1837, 1847, 

 1851, 1853, 1854, and 1856. In 1860 my father 

 gained the same gold medal, viz. " for the best pen 

 of South Down wethers." He highly valued it, and 

 it is valued by the present writer, in whose possession 

 it now is. 



The Royal Agricultural Society, when established 

 in 1837, received the unremitting support of his 



