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down, and then an attendance on the morning work becomes 

 a pleasure rather than a toil. Not that four miles before 

 breakfast is anything out of the way for a healthy man, 

 but it must be remembered that from every cottage within 

 two miles of the course it is uphill all the way, and that 

 the weather is generally warm. Goodwood is no place for 

 bicycles. 



The greatest nuisance visitors who come by train no 

 matter whether from London, Brighton, or Portsmouth 

 have to contend with is the drive from Chichester, and 

 back from the course. The yard outside Chichester Station 

 is not a large one, but on the race days it is blocked with 

 traffic, and directly the station is left the visitor finds himself 

 one of a surging, struggling crowd, largely composed of 

 touts for the long array of vehicles which are waiting for 

 passengers. Not so long ago open cabs and hansoms were 

 numerically the strongest, and most of the hansoms had 

 come from London, some engaged beforehand and some 

 on speculation only. A good cab could often secure a job 

 at seven or eight guineas for the meeting ; but London cab- 

 drivers are nothing like so numerous at Goodwood as they 

 used to be, the reason being that the open van with 

 " garden " seats has to a great extent monopolised the 

 traffic. Slower than most of the vehicles are these lumber- 

 ing concerns, but they are on the whole the safest of the 

 Goodwood conveyances, hence their popularity. Half a 

 crown or three shillings a seat is the usual charge, but 

 on the Cup day four or five shillings is demanded, and 

 generally paid, there being always a much augmented crowd 

 on the Thursday of the meeting. The road for about three 

 and a half miles is fairly level, but whether the route is 

 taken past Goodwood House, and through the park, or by 

 the Kennels, up Trundle Hill, the last two miles are terribly 

 steep, and have to be done at a walk. Moreover, the surface 

 of the roads up either ascent becomes very bad before the 

 week is over, the loose stones all working out, where in 

 a general way there must be very little traffic of any sort. 

 The heavier vehicles are not allowed to go through the park, 

 and this is a wise regulation, as the outside road is much 



