Evening star., 1902-08-14
RACES At GOODWOOD
Centenary Of the Famous
English Establishment.
SOME EARLY HISTORY
THE NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC
CATHEDRAL.
Stories Of Mismanagementi in the War
Ofice-Probability of Free
Municipal Concerts.
SOME EARLY HISTORY
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
LONDON, July 80, 1902.
Goodwood week, much affected by Ameri-
cans of late years, has come round once
more, and society, or considerable portion
of it, will for the next few days be found
mastering in the pleasant Sussex pastures.
This years meeting has a special interest,
for it is the centenary of the establishment
of horse racing in his park by Duke Of
Richmond. The first Goodwood meeting
was held in 1902 and was described as
great success; nevertheless not much was
heard of it during the next quarter of
century. At the close of the twenties mat
ters frightened. but it was not until 1S41
that Goodwood gained its recognized posi-
ton among the principal race meetings of
the year.
That was largely due to Lord George
Bentinck, who in 1874 ran no fewer than
forty-nine horses during the four days of
the meeting, his stakes and forfeits
amounting to over $4,000, a then unprece-
dented amount By a cruel irony of fate
a horse which he had sold won the Derby.
and 1t was when his friend Disraeli was
trying to console him for the disappoint
ment that the famous phrase was first used
which has since become a household word.
You do not know what the Derby is" la
mented Lord George to his wouldbe COM
forter. Yes l do replied the politician,
It's the blue ribbon of the turf
So far it's sporting character is con-
cerned Goodwood has declined in favor of
late years, partly owing to the competition
of new and earlier meetings and the ex-
penSe of sending horses to place which
is three miles distant from a railway sta
tion, and of keeping them where stabing
Is far from plentiful. But sanguine OBJ
servers declare that the tide of favor is
turning and that the genuine advantages
OF the race course are getting better ap-
preciated.
The going was so much improved under
the auspices of Lord George that it is
reckoned the best in the country, while
owing to the manner in which the course
Is laid out spectators can see the whole
race from start to finish. Always a great
social event. there is sure to be a pleasant
week for the visitors Of the great house,
and If the weather keeps fine the general
company will enjoy themselves also.
New Catholic Cathedral.
1t is certainly a singular coincidence as
Father Banin explained it to the members
Of the Roman Catholic Association at the
Westminster Roman Catholic Cathedral to-
day, when the Westminster Campane is
rearing it's head over Westminster, the only
other example of Byzantine Campanile,
that of st. Marks Venice-should have
fallen with a crash to the ground. During
the visit of the Catholic association Fa-
then Banin announced from the improyised
pulpit that the bells for the Campanile had
been recently presented by pious Catho-
lie, and these bells were to be named and
dedicated to the three angels in heaven
However unprepossessing the new West
minister Cathedral may look from the out
side, owing not merely to the unattractive
byzantine style of architecture in which it
is built. but also to its development by
great blocks of red brick, six-storied fats,
it is clear that internally it will be one of
the nobiest ecclesia stical edifices in the
country.
One is impressed with the sense Of dig
nifty impaired by the fine nave, even in its
present unfinished state, but when the in
ternal fittings and the decora tions are COM
pleted-which probably neither this genera
ton nor the next will witness-West-
minister will possess in the late Mr.. Bent
ieys masterpiece a cathedral not un-
worthy of Roman Catholicism of the tradi-
tions of Roman Catholic architectural art
Cardinal Vaughan in making one last ap-
peal for funds to complete the work in
hand and those imperatively necessary for
the use of the edifice place of Worship
mas promised that if the required sum be
forthcoming no further appeals will be
made on behalf of Westminster Cathedral
TO the Catholics of this generation at least
The cathedral has received many beau
tiful gifts, of which not the least are the
famous Dupplin carvings, which may be
utlllzed Tor no fewer than fifty stalls. The
Dupplin carvings, which came into the pos
session of the Earl of Kinnoull about forty
years ago. were formerly in the monastery
or st. Urban. and when conveyed to Dup
PIN Castle, Lord kinnoulls Scottish seat
they nlled forty railway trucks