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that bred them, and the uniform cleanliness of the servants 

 and their appointments did infinite credit to the person who 

 was at the head of the estabHshment." The rapturous 

 acclamations with which the good people received their 

 monarch created a great impression at the time. 



A note regarding the sport of 1824 mentions that the 

 racing was good, the 

 attendance fair, and 

 that the King at- 

 tended in state and 

 ate potted meats and 

 fruit at the Royal 

 Stand. 



A question for the 

 Jockey Club was 

 raised after the race 

 for the Wokingham 

 Stakes in this year. 

 H.R.H. the Duke of 

 York's b. c. Orion 

 came in first, and 

 Philip second. After 

 a false start had been 



declared, it became a question for the Jockey Club to decide 

 in what way bets were to be settled. Before the false 

 start they were 1 2 to i against Orion, afterwards 5 to 4 

 against the field ; the decision was that bets should only 

 stand against such horses as started the second time, 

 excepting, of course, any p.p. bets. The incident was 

 discussed at a subsequent meeting of the Club, and a 

 resolution passed that in future " when the horses which 



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