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CHAPTER VII. 



THE GOODWOOD STABLE IN 1844. 



WITH the year 1844 we enter upon a period when 

 Lord George Bentinck became more than ever en- 

 grossed in his stud, which now began to realise his 

 expectations, and to compensate him for his previ- 

 ous heavy expenditure. It was most satisfactory 

 to witness his Lordship's delight and the enjoyment 

 that racing, upon which his whole thoughts were 

 centred, afforded him. Much of his time was 

 spent at Goodwood. He stayed with the family 

 when there ; and when the Duke and Duchess of 

 Richmond were absent he slept at the Swan Hotel 

 in Chichester, breakfasting and lunching at my 

 father's house. When the Duke was at Goodwood, 

 nothing gave Lord George more pleasure than to 

 take the house party over the stables, and to show 

 them the horses. He was ever ready to encour- 

 age and induce others to take interest in the sport 

 he enjoyed so much ; and it afforded him no slight 

 amusement to elicit from the ladies who accom- 



