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from £150 to £160 for a double, and £120 for a 

 single one. At Goodwood we soon had three of 

 the former pattern and two of the latter, in addi- 

 tion to the first constructed by Herring. They 

 were frequently used, his Lordship being so much 

 in favour of their employment that he insisted 

 upon having even the most inferior animals con- 

 veyed to their destination in them — some of which, 

 indeed, were of less value than the horses employed 

 in drawing them. As the average cost of a pair 

 of post-horses was 2s. per mile, the expenses were 

 naturally very heavy ; but his Lordship thought 

 it might be the means of avoiding the introduc- 

 tion of disease into the stable, which was often 

 contracted through horses being put into un- 

 healthy quarters at the various inns at which, 

 when travelling on foot, they were compelled to 

 stop. The journey of Elis from Goodwood to 

 Doncaster could not have cost less than from £80 

 to £100. It was said at the time that the old- 

 fashioned trainers complained in no measured terms 

 of this new mode of conveyance for race- horses, and 

 insisted that it was unnatural, and certain to be 

 injurious to the delicate constitution and organisa- 

 tion of the trained thoroughbred. This they very 

 soon discovered to be an error, as it enabled horses 

 which were heavily engaged to run at many meet- 

 ings which they never could have reached on foot. 

 To no racing centre was it of greater advantage 

 than Newmarket, as horses trained there could be 



