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him greater pleasure than to invite the most dis- 

 tinguished patrons of the Turf to his beautiful home, 

 where they were entertained for many days in 

 princely fashion. The carriages pulling up at the 

 front door for three or four days previous to the 

 races generally numbered forty or more. Many 

 had four horses attached to them, and the amount 

 of luggage that they carried was simply enormous. 

 The landlords of the two great hotels at Godalming 

 and Kingston were brothers named Moon. The 

 landlord of " The King's Arms," Godalming, who 

 was a very keen sportsman, was called " Full 

 Moon," to distinguish him from his brother at 

 King-ston, who was called " Half Moon." Each 

 of these posting-houses habitually kept from ninety 

 to one hundred pair of post-horses for the use of 

 their customers. Despite the vastness of these 

 numbers, the demand for post-horses before the 

 Goodwood Meeting often exceeded the supply. 

 During the meeting the big stable-yard at Good- 

 wood, which was of immense size, was completely 

 blocked up with carriages. To every detail con- 

 nected with the accommodation of his guests, their 

 servants, and their carriages, the Duke himself 

 paid the minutest attention when the recurrence 

 of each meeting drew near. 



In those comparatively primitive times there 

 was, in my opinion, much more genuine enjoy- 

 ment of pleasures and amusements than exists in 

 these more luxurious and civilised days. I feel 



