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and numerous attendance than had been witnessed 

 at Ascot for many previous years. 



The great success of Mr. Thornhill, as will be 

 seen on reference to our calendar, afforded much 

 satisfaction to all real well-wishers of the turf. 



We have before taken occasion to give a de- 

 scription of the Grand Stand, which was opened 

 to the public for the first time at this meeting. 



At Goodwood, every arrangement had been 

 made by the Duke of Richmond, to ensure the 

 comfort and convenience of the public, besides 

 catering for them an excellent list of sport ; and 

 his Grace's kind intentions were crowned with 

 complete success. The comparative punctuality 

 with which the sports of the day came off, was 

 not the less praiseworthy, on account of its rarity 

 in racing matters. Indeed, the length of time the 

 public have to wait beyond the hour fixed upon 

 in the advertisements and on the cards, for races 

 to come off, has been long a crying evil on almost 

 every English race-course. But, even here, the 

 horses did not start till three quarters of an hour, 

 at least, after the appointed time ; and yet, this 

 has been designated as great punctuality by the 

 entire sporting press. 



The following is a description of the leading 

 events of this Meeting. 



The Levant stakes. — At starting, the betting was 

 4 to 1 on Crucifix (J. Day), and it was soon evi- 

 dent that her opponents had no chance against her 

 tremendous speed. She won in a canter by about 



