good-of-the-house

Updated: May 12, 2025

Another advertised a steeple-chase in the centre of a good hunting country 'amateur and gentleman riders' with a half-crown ordinary at the end! Fancy the respectability of a steeple-chase, with a half-crown ordinary at the end! Our 'Aristocratic' was got up on the good-of-the-house principle.

Robert Smith Surtees - Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour