CHAPTER III 



PATCHING AND SELSEY 



It has been thought strange that the Goodwood 

 programme does not include a stake named after 

 Lord George Bentinck. So it is, considering 

 what that nobleman did to put the establishment 

 in order for training and racing purposes, and 

 his family connection with the lords of the land. 

 To me this sort of Turf nomenclature is a good 

 and fitting thing, stamping the connection of 

 races with men, also when the same idea is 

 carried out localising, if I may so term it, the 

 programme with the neighbourhood. Epsom's 

 card abounds in names of notables and localities. 

 Lots of villages stand sponsors for its numbers, 

 and pretty work it is for one interested in the 

 game to follow up the hints given in the 

 programme. Maybe, when work is easier, and 

 one can put more than twenty-four hours into 

 one day (and every day), you and I, friends, will 

 have a round, starting from the Goodwood bill 

 of fare, and see what we shall see. Plenty of 

 good amusement can be got out of the business, 

 and I may say that when you can start to do the 

 sort of thing honestly, really visiting the places, 

 fossicking about and seeing for yourself, it is 



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