A GOODWOOD CUP DAT. 253 



from a northern stable, an animal believed by 

 his friends to be invincible. Lord Falmouth 

 has a representative, and there is an American 

 mare, her first appearance on any English 

 racecourse. 



Presently they emerge from the paddock and 

 walk down the course, the ring hard at work 

 laying short odds against the Newmarket mare 

 and the north-country horse, which bears a dark- 

 blue jacket with silver braid. The mare is 

 sweating, and does not altogether please when 

 first seen, nor does her somewhat dotty action 

 in the preliminary canter prepossess one in her 

 favour. She is always seen at her best, however, 

 when extended, and her grand quarters look like 

 carrying a heavy weight with ease. Her friends 

 are cheerfully confident ; Newmarket declares 

 for her; while the north-country is all for 

 the chestnut three-year-old. Lord Falmouth's 

 mare switches her tail continually as she walks 

 and caliters, but she looks well ; and the 

 American is seen to be a handsome racing-like 

 animal. 



The stands are densely thronged as the five 

 horses make their way to the starting-post. In 

 the stewards' enclosure, men whose faces are 

 familiar in London society, many well known in 

 the Houses of Lords and Commons, are closely 



