The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-03 00:00:00

EPSOM RACE COURSE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,— So many reports have been in circulation
relative to the possible postponement of the verb'„'
for the next two years, will you rermit we to fu'''
nish you with the facts of the case ? of
In December last I purchased of the trustees
the Carew estate the Walton-on-the-Hill 111311°r'
and all the rights appertaining thereto, for £20,°10
On the 3d of January Mr. Greenwood, solicitor °f
the trustees, wrote to Mr. H. Dorling,
him that his clients had sold the Walton ina°°re..o
me, as from the next Lady-day, and as his arraebe
went with him as to the use of that part of the tabs
course within the manor would then expire'
thought Mr. Dorling had better put himself ill e° r
munication with me or my solicitors, Messrs. 1:-'811e'e
Ouvry, and Co., 66, Lincoln's-inn-fields, relatio
to the right of running over that part of the Clot
which abuts on my property for the future.
et
instead of Mr. Dorling communicating with eit'pd
my solicitor or myself, he, with others, sotl;
and measured off a new course, which was evell,o
ally abandoned as unsuitable, thus showing vo
the Epsom Grand Stand Committee would Otil
done without my land if they could ; and not
the 14th of April did they communicate With raio,
They then stated that, as they found so much "'lto.,
representation" afloat respecting Walton 1111113 t 1
they thought it would be the wisest plan thatesi
should afford them an opportunity of a few raj°
conversation on the subject. A nrib
This communication was dated the 14th of 04'4
and my reply to it the 20th. In acknowledVo
their letter, I expressed my surprise at hearing fro
them, as I thought they would have done viitb°„3
my land after having staked out-a fresh course, °-0
remarked that it was a pity they had not sough by
interview with me at the time they were advis
Mr. Greenwood, which as a simple matter of buto
ness they should have done, instead of listenia c,
" misrepresentation" for which I was in no wal 3,
countable; and that to avoid further misrepresents
tion I begged to refer them to my solicitors.
soo
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On the 27th of April Messrs. Lindsay and )"'j
addressed a letter to my solicitors, stating tuatocl
had referred their clients, the Epsom Grand StAlof
Association, to them in reference to an extensiee
the term of their occupation, which would net
heeirc
pire until the 3d of August, 1869. They said t"to
clients would be glad to take a lease at the 03010
rent they were then paying and had paid for seer,
years past—viz., £3OO per annum ; but, if 1140
disposed to include in the lease the use of the vfr-of
lands of the manor generally for the purPetsse.,et
training as well as racing, they would not 00'0
to pay a small additional rent ; and as the s'atbe
given by :them to be run for depended ee
bat
amount which they had to pay, they proposed t
the term should be a long one.
cled
Now, as no such document as a lease was Oa
.0,
to in my title, and Mr. Geenwood denied its °no
tence, Messrs. Linsay and Mason were aPPli°'Bo:l
for an explanation, whereupon they for f
Messrs. Farrer, Ouvry, and Co. the coil °asp
document said to be signed by Mr. C. H. C°oo,
on the 3d day of August, 1867, granting ge;s-00
Dorling and Knowles a lease for two years 0.1,00 t
portion of the course in dispute ; and at the lgrot
of this document was a receipt for £3OO for the

year's rent.
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So far back as 1860 Mr. Greenwood see'rthe
have been acting on behalf of the trustees e'
Carew estate, when the Master of the Rolls w°ool
not consent to continue a donation to the EPsO6l
race funds out of the annual rental of £3OO,
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vet
since that time Mr. Carew has had no power
the property, Mr. Greenwood having been the s"
citor and receiver for the trustees, &c.
I need not comment on the document or the 10
tive which induced Messrs. Dorling and ICla()%val
to procure it; but certainly after doing.. s° ;%,
marking out their new course, they could net 0,
pect much consideration from me. My solicit°o
however, after having seen me, wrote to Dress of
ia
Lindsay and Mason that their client would ~.r3
acknowledge their document, and thus 111930(1
were left in abeyance until Messrs. Dorliog (4 to
Knowles had their real position brought 'woo-
them. had they acted upon Mr. GreenwooP;;_ht
vice and met my solicitors at the outset they 113 of
have had easy terms ; but after the measuremelli the
their proposed new course and the production °: the
two years' lease, they could not have expected

same terms.
sacii
Their independence and neglect to embrace
opportunities have brought about the present ei 0
for which they have only themselves to than ;10
they might, up to the last moment, have use
favourable terms. At this stage Dr. Short; the
undertook to settle the matter, and demandeti of
rental of £l,OOO per annum, besides a h°,n, to $'
£2,500, one-half of which I offered to deohati-
race at the Epsom Summer Meeting. I 013Phola
tally deny ever having stated that the Doll t°
not be run over my land. lam the last Pers but
wish to deprive England of her national race'oco•
I will not allow the Epsom Grand Stand Asarioa
tion, or anybody else, to treat me with such hi 1,0,4
discourtesy as they have thought proper tc)riaht4
me, besides attempting to deprive me of 111 -Ij,"rith
and my rental by an invalid document. sir,
many apologies for thus troubling you, I „ aim
Dv,
yours faithfully, EnwARD
Grosvenor Hotel, Nov. 2.

An Irish Ministerial journal states that the -"atal
way Commissioners are preparing a SUPPlen3„:l.l,s°,
report, coLtaining direct recommendations for A PMC
of the railways of Ireland; "Ministers
after the Store
a scheme to Parliament almost inunodiately
sion opens." The statement is generally supPO4 S°
merely an electioneering significance.
desiring t° s-bes-