332 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book XIIL 



— Directs the necessary preparations for the journey to be made— Is 

 the air of Newmarket good for the royal patient ? — Doctors differ — 

 The King finally decides to attend the meeting — The court officials 

 commanded to make ready — The post daily between London and 

 Newmarket during the meeting — Arrival of the King, Queen, and the 

 " whole court " at the palace — Passing events — The air of Newmarket 

 agrees with the royal constitution — Charles soon restored to his 

 former health and vigour — ^Works and buildings at the palace — 

 Repairs and additions to the stables and " Talking-house " at the 

 stand — Ordinary expenses of the King and Queen during this 

 sojourn — Incidental charges of the court officials, etc. — Visit of the 

 Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Cambridge University — Their tips 

 to the royal lackeys — 1680. The spring meeting — Merry times in 

 London preparatory to the journey down — The King feasted by the 

 Lord Mayor — Carousing extraordinary — Contrast between a royal 

 banquet in the City of London and at Newmarket palace — Arrival 

 of the King, Queen, the Duke of York, and the court — The races — 

 The six-mile course — The three-mile course — The town plate— Lords 

 V. Commons — Gentlemen jockeys — The plate won by Lord Griffin, 

 who presents it to the town — Great match between Shuffler and Ball 

 — Popularity of the races — London empty — Proceedings of the court 

 at Newmarket — Field sports — Numerous robberies by highwaymen 

 — The Duke of York's foxhounds — Bowling — The Mares' and 

 Geldings' plate — Races for the spoons and other prizes — Important 

 match for ;^5oo over the six-mile course — Heavy betting thereon — 

 Pedestrianism — Capture of a highwayman on the heath — The 

 " correct card " of the period — List of the principal races — The 

 Beacon course — " The Rising Sun " — Honours paid to the Duke 

 of York at Newmarket — A royal hawking meet on the heath — -More 

 highway robberies — Welshing — More racing — The King's horses 

 beaten in every race — Projected May meeting — The Vice-Chancellor 

 and Heads of Cambridge University entertained at the palace — The 

 jockeys similarly honoured — Cost of the feasts — Expenses of the 

 King and Queen during this sojourn— The May meeting — Attended 

 by the King — The October meeting — Visit of the King, Queen, 

 Duke of York, the Princess (Queen Anne), and the court- — Royal 

 visit to Euston Hall — Illness of the Queen — The King in the dumps 

 — Paucity of racing intelligence — Sidney Godolphin on duty — ^Race 

 between Gee and Tucker — Festivities at the palace— The Earl of 

 Sunderland as a gamester — Banishment of the Duke of York- 

 Works and buildings at the palace — Expenses of the court and the 

 court officials during the royal sojourn— Death of the Earl of 

 Rochester — Memoir. 



The Newmarket spring meeting of 1676 was 

 attended by the king, the Duke of York the Duke 



