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a Jockey Club Plate with Csesario (the first ' Matchem ' 

 that ran) in 1764, and with Narcissus (by Wilson's 

 Arabian) hi 1765. 



The Duke of Richmond of the list is the third, 

 who was born 1734, succeeded 1750, died s.p. in 1806, 

 when his nephew reigned in his stead. It was he 

 who carried the sceptre at the coronation of George 

 the Third ; who, having been ambassador to France, 

 was principal Secretary of State in 1766, and of whom 

 Horace Walpole writes in 1774 : ' No man living has 

 a higher opinion of the Duke of Richmond's honour 

 and integrity than I have : I respect his abilities, and 

 am as sure as I can be of anything that he is in- 

 capable of an unworthy action.' It was not he, but 

 the second Duke, who, as became the Master of the 

 Horse to King George the Second, imported or at any 

 rate owned the ' Richmond Turk,' sire of ' Dale's 

 Horse.' But it was the third Duke under whose 

 auspices (though Lord George Bentinck, ' managing 

 man ' to a subsequent Duke, deserves the name of 

 second founder) Goodwood began to have races of 

 its own. There may have been desultory racing at 

 Goodwood before 1802, but it was not until an open- 

 ing was made about that time, by the determination 

 of Lord Egremont to give up the races which had 

 been held in his park at Petworth, that the first foun- 

 dations were laid of a meeting destined in course of 

 years to postpone its season from April to July or 

 August, and by degrees to take the gilt off the ginger - 



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