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A very correct detailed account of racing transactions, com prising dates 

 ofthe races in Great Britain and Ireland, and occasionally abroad, num- 

 bers and descriptions ofthe Horses, names of the proprietors, value of 

 the prizes, rate of betting, account of stallions advertised to cover, and 

 of Horses to be sold, has been annually published, for almost a century 

 past, in the Racing Calendar. To this Calendar, published by Messrs. 

 Weatherby, Oxendon-Street, London, any person may become a sub- 

 scriber, on which he will receive to his address, a monthly account of 

 all races during the season, and at the conclusion of each, a handsome 

 bound volume, with his name in the list of subscribers. Mr, Pick also 

 publishes a similar annual volume, at York. 



The Racing Calendar contains beside, an abstract of acts of parlia- 

 ment, relative to horse-racing — duty on Horses — king's plate articles, 

 and form of a certificate of a king's plate won — table of weights to be 

 carried by Horses which run for a give-and-take plate — rules and orders 

 ofthe Jockey Club — rules concerning horse- racing in general, with a 

 description of a post and handy-cap match — the colours worn by the 

 riders of the chief sporting gentlemen, and an account of the various 

 courses at Newmarket, with their exact lengths; these are about twenty 

 in number; th.eir lengths, Irom two furlongs, one hundred forty-seven 

 yards, the yearling course, to four miles, one furlong, one hundred 

 thirty-eight yards, the famous BEACON COURSE, the longest now in use 

 at Newmarket, the grand test of" stoutness or game in Horses, and 

 upon which, none on earth, but the British or Irish Horse, can shew 

 his head. 



According to the usage of the turfj Horses take their ages from 

 May-day. Two hundred and forty yards make a distance ; that is to say, 

 a Horse such a distance behind the winners, is excluded in the case of 

 heats. Four inches make a hand ; fourteen pounds the stone, horse- 

 man's weight. 



The particular concerns of races are transacted by stewards, gentle- 

 men elected to that office, and by clerks of the course ; the general bu- 

 siness ofthe turf is superintended by the Jockey Club, by which all 

 sporting regulations are made, and all disputes finally decided. This 

 club holds its chief meetings at Newmarket, the great metropolis ofthe 



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