came to Winchester, and having been burnt out at Newmarket was, according to Evelyn, "all the more earnest to render Winchester the seat of his autumnal diversions for the future, designing a palace there where the ancient castle stood....

AN INCIDENT ON THE ROAD TO NEWMARKET VII.

AN INCIDENT ON THE ROAD TO NEWMARKET.

My first visit to Newmarket Heath had one or two little incidents which may be interesting, although of no great importance.

The Newmarket of to-day is not quite the same Newmarket that it was then: many things connected with it have changed, and, above all, its frequenters have changed; and if "things are not what they seem," they do not seem to me, at all events, to be what they were "in my day.

The Newmarket of to-day is not quite the same Newmarket that it was then: many things connected with it have changed, and, above all, its frequenters have changed; and if "things are not what they seem," they do not seem to me, at all events, to be what they were "in my day.

But I digress as my mind goes back to these early dates, and unless I break away, Charley and I will not reach Newmarket in time for the first race.

It happened that when we made this memorable visit I had an uncle living at The Priory at Royston, which was some five-and-twenty miles from Newmarket, where the big handicap, I think the Cesarewitch, was to be run the following day, or the nextI forget which.

Amidst all this excitement we had not forgotten that this little matter of the prize-fight was but an incident on our journey to Newmarket.

On the next day, fully equipped, and with all that was necessary for our distinguished position, we set out for Newmarket Heath, even now the glory of the racing world, not forgetting Goodwood, which is more or less a private business and fashionable picnic.

I shall not attempt to describe Newmarket.

I will only say it was not the Newmarket which our later generation knows.

There were three principal places of pleasure at that time: one was Tattersall's, one Newmarket, and the Courts of Law a third.

A real grand man was the old squire, and I enjoyed many a walk with him over Newmarket Heath, listening to his amusing anecdotes, his delightful humour and brilliant wit.

Peppercorn was the winner of the Newmarket, and his chances for the Ebor were considered a practical certainty.

"Peppercorn, however, after his brilliant performances at Newmarket did not continue to fulfil his master's expectations.

I thought of the long record of Brighton scandals, London scandals, Newmarket scandals, and I had to leave George undefended.

70 Newmarket speaks my grandsire's fame, All jockies still revere his name: There yearly are his triumphs told, There all his massy plates enrolled.

She had a little brown velvet toque to match the Newmarket, and thus attired she would be able to take her seat on the drag which was waiting on the quietest side of Covent Garden.

My Love can sing no other song (See Appendix) Mynsatives Nephewes Nero, his poems Newmarket Nifle Night rail Ninivie, motion of Noddy Old Orphant Outcryes Outface with a card of ten Overseene Owe Pantables ( = slippers)

At Thetford, not far from his beloved Newmarket, James I. was threatened with an action of trespass for following his game over a farmer's corn.

Everybody had congratulated him on the ease with which he did his work,and the result had been Newmarket, Davis, and a long score in the ephemeral records of a cricket match.

A very different course, too, at Newmarket from that at Epsom.

Ch. 4.28 Newmarket.

In future, therefore, no reporter should go to the expense of leaving London for Epsom, Newmarket, Ascot, or Goodwood.