SPORT ANCIENT AND MODERN 



In 1844 he ran no fewer than forty-nine horses 

 at Goodwood meeting ; while for the week his 

 stakes and forfeits amounted to no less than 

 6,155, a sum said to be unparalleled in the case 

 of any single owner. Lord George's influence 

 may have pushed Goodwood to a point of im- 

 portance at which it was impossible to remain ; 

 yet to him is undoubtedly due much of the 

 general improvement in racing, and in racing 

 morality, not only at Goodwood but throughout 

 the country. Lord George gave up racing for 

 politics in 1846. He had known Goodwood 

 intimately since 1824, when he rode and won 

 his first match there on Mr. Poyntz's Olive, 

 after two dead heats and a severe struggle in the 

 deciding heat. In 1844 one of Goodwood's 

 greatest years Lord George Bentinck won the 

 Craven Stakes, with Discord ; the Innkeepers' 

 Plate, with Farthing Candle ; the Goodwood 

 Stakes and Goodwood Cup with Miss Elis, a 

 sweepstakes of 20O sovereigns with Princess 

 Alice, the Anglesey Stakes with Coal Black 

 Rose, the challenge for the March Stakes with 

 Naworth, and the Bentinck Stakes with Best 

 Bower in all eight races a good haul for one 

 owner. But then, as we have said, Lord George 

 ran forty-nine horses that year. 



The Duke of Richmond's Red Deer, a famous 

 stayer of that period, won the Queen's Plate and 

 the Maidstone Stakes. The Sussex Stakes and 

 the Chesterfield Cup appear in the programme for 

 this memorable year. In 1850 some famous 

 horses ran at this meeting. Lord Eglinton's The 

 Flying Dutchman, then a four-year-old, starting 

 at 1 2 to I on, won a 3OO-sovereign sweepstakes ; 

 Sir Joseph Hawley's Teddington (winner of the 

 Derby in the following year) took the Molecomb 

 Stakes ; and Lord Stanley's Canezou beat seven 

 others for the cup. In 1855 Baron Rothschild's 

 Baroncino, ridden by Fordham, carried off the 

 cup, beating a field which included such good 

 horses as Oulston, Rataplan, Lord of the Isles, 

 Neville, and Homily. The Stakes were won by 

 Mr. Greville's Quince, ridden by Ashmall ; while 

 Lord Wilton's Pumice-stone, steered by Flatman, 

 took the Chesterfield Cup. 



It would be impossible, within the limits of this 

 chapter, to trace the history of Goodwood, inter- 

 esting though it is, step by step to the present 

 day. The 'sixties saw plenty of good sport, 

 though the value of the stakes had declined con- 

 siderably since the 'forties. In 1871 the meet- 

 ing was an excellent one. The Stewards' Cup, 

 of the value of 300, was won by Mr. T. E. Case's 

 Anton, from a large field. The Goodwood 

 Derby and the Twentieth Bentinck Memorial 

 both fell to Mr. Merry's King of the Forest. 

 The Stakes were won by Mr. Bowes's Taraban, 

 a good stayer, who had to be fortified before his 

 races with a bottle of port. In the Goodwood 

 Cup a great surprise took place, Favonius, win- 

 ner of the Derby of that year, being defeated by 



Shannon, with Mortemer, a great French cup 

 horse, third. The Chesterfield Cup was taken 

 by Mr. F. Pryor's Botheration, which defeated a 

 field of twenty-six horses. In 1880 we may 

 glance at the value of the stakes and the quality 

 of the winners. The Goodwood Stakes of that 

 year, worth 685, were taken by Mr. Jardine's 

 Reveller, a fair racehorse. The Richmond Stakes, 

 of the value of i 5 8, for two-year-olds, were won 

 by Lord Falmouth's Bal Gal, a very smart filly, 

 which also won the Rous Memorial, worth 

 1,207. The Gratwicke Stakes, value 650, 

 were taken by Prince Soltykoff's colt Mask. The 

 Ham Produce Stakes (1,000) fell to Mr. 

 Crawfurd's grand mare, Thebais. The Lennox 

 Stakes were worth no more than 315. The 

 Sussex Stakes, value 1,572, were won by Mask, 

 while the Lavant Stakes, worth 860, were won 

 by the American colt, Iroquois. The Stewards' 

 Cup (782) was won by Mr. Crawfurd's Elf 

 King ; and the Findon Stakes (390) fell to Mr. 

 Chaplin's filly, Wandering Nun. In the Draw- 

 ing Room Stakes (260) Mask was for the third 

 time victorious. The Racing Stakes were worth 

 260, and the Singleton, won by Peter, 577. 

 The Goodwood Cup (470) was taken by a 

 moderate mare in Mr. Perkins's Dresden China. 

 The Chichester Stakes were worth 497. The 

 Prince of Wales' Stakes (1,000) fell to Lord 

 Bradford's Limestone. In the Molecomb (975) 

 another American horse, Paw Paw, was victo- 

 rious. The Chesterfield Cup, worth 682, was 

 carried off by Mr. Bragg's Victor Emanuel, a 

 fair performer. The Goodwood Corinthian 

 Plate (457) was won by Lord Bradford's Grey 

 Hen, and the Nassau Stakes (670) by Lord 

 Falmouth's Muriel, neither of them being of 

 much account. Finally the Queen's Plate of 

 200 guineas, was taken by Prince SoltykofPs 

 Thurio, a winner of the Grand Prix de Paris. 

 The total value of the principal races, thus set 

 down, was 1 3,549. A few other races of small 

 value were also run. 



In 1890 a new race was introduced, after- 

 wards omitted from the programme, viz. the 

 Arundel Cup, worth 300 in specie. This was 

 taken by Mr. A. James's Dog Rose. The 

 Goodwood Cup this year (worth 357) was won 

 by Colonel North's Philomel, a moderate 

 performer. In 1897 the Gold Cup was worth 

 altogether 625, the trophy itself being valued 

 at 1 5 1 5*. The winner was Mr. R. Lebaudy's 

 Count Schomberg, a good racehorse. In 1900 

 the Cup had been considerably advanced in 

 value, and was worth to the winner 1,570 ; 

 the trophy itself being put down at 132 15*. 

 The second and third horses also took 300 and 

 100 respectively. Mr. D. Baird's Mazagan, 

 a four-year-old, carrying 9 stone 3 lb., won the 

 race from seven other starters. The Goodwood 

 Plate, a new race, inaugurated in 1898, of the 

 value of 710, was won by Jiffy II, while the 



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