170 THE GOODWOOD STABLE IN 1845. 



looked like winning the Doncaster St Leger, for 

 which Yoltigeur and Russborough ran a dead heat. 

 The " Gaper charges " certainly effected some mar- 

 vellous cures, especially upon the progeny of Bay 

 Middleton. But I was also greatly assisted by the 

 excellent gallops at Goodwood, which were kept 

 in perfect order at Lord George's expense. I do 

 not believe that it would have been possible to 

 bring Discord or John o' Gaunt sound to the post 

 in 1845 had they been prepared on any other 

 training - ground. Every day the gallops were 

 bush-harrowed and carefully rolled, and a band 

 of women were employed to repair the tracks, 

 remove stones, and fill in the footprints with forks 

 specially made for the purpose. His Lordship 

 walked over the tracks after the women had left, 

 and the slightest imperfection in their work was 

 sure to catch his eye, when he would desire me to 

 point it out to them. Although the kindest and 

 most generous of masters, he would never suffer 

 a servant or employee to scamp his work or shirk 

 his duty. 



It must be confessed that the Goodwood stable 

 had a phenomenal year in 1845. Commencing, as 

 I have just stated, at Northampton and Croxton 

 Park, horses belonging to the Duke of Richmond 

 and to Lord George Bentinck won the One Thousand 

 Guineas at Newmarket ; the Oaks at Epsom ; the 

 Ascot Stakes ; the Liverpool Cup ; the Goodwood 

 Stakes and Cup ; the Champagne and Great York- 



