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CHAPTER YI. 



LORD George's support of goodwood races. 



Previous to 1841, when Lord George Bentinck 

 transferred his race-horses from Danebury to Good- 

 wood, he had taken great interest in the Good- 

 wood race-course, and, in conjunction with the Duke 

 of Richmond, had in many ways improved it and 

 its stands. In order to reheve the congestion of 

 traffic flowing through Goodwood Park during the 

 race week, he increased the approaches to the 

 grand stand by making two new roads, one on 

 each side of the park. Subsequently he discovered 

 that the last half- mile of the course was not so 

 elastic as he wished, especially. in dry seasons. It 

 was newly made ground, and the soil under the 

 turf had been laid on loose chalk, through which 

 the mould percolated and was carried down after 

 heavy rain, so that the turf subsided in many 

 places. Under these circumstances the Duke of 

 Richmond and Lord George caused four inches of 

 fine mould to be laid upon the old turf, right across 



