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"Khabara" won twice in 1879, carrying the old 

 colours, to the great gratification of Sussex folk. 



In 1813 the fourth Duke of Eichmond had given 

 up the Goodwood pack of fox-hounds, when the 

 famous Charlton Hunt came to an end. Charlton 

 Forest was for a long period the headquarters of 

 British fox-hunting, and the crowd of notables, both 

 men and women, who frequented the celebrated Fox 

 Hall there became historical. 



From 1813 up to 1883 the Earls of Egremont 

 hunted the country with the Petworth pack. In 

 1883 Lord Leconfield relinquished that part of the 

 country which was originally hunted by the Good- 

 wood pack, and his Grace, the present Duke of 

 Richmond, re-established the "Goodwood hounds," 

 the Earl of March beino- master of them. 



The old kennels, built in 1787, were then converted 

 into most comfortable dwellings for the huntsmen 

 and whippers-in, and entirely new kennels were built 

 for the hounds. 



The first "meet" was on Monday, the 5th of 

 November, at 11.30, at the kennels, although cub- 

 hunting had been engaged in twenty-eight mornings 

 previously. 



All the country-side seemed to have turned out 

 for the occasion, noble and simple, pedestrian and 

 equestrian, ladies and gentlemen, the old, the 

 young. It was indeed a " glorious Goodwood" meet, 



