198 HISTORY OF THE 



four, list. 61b.; five, 12st. ; six, 12st. 61b. ; and 

 aged, 12st. 81b. Horses, the property of gentle- 

 men residing within the limits of the Craven, Berk- 

 shire, or Lord Moreton's hounds, to be allowed 

 5lb. ; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs., if de- 

 manded in the usual way. Heats, the Abingdon 

 Course, starting at the distance ; gentlemen riders 

 allowed 21b. ; the second horse to receive 10 sovs. 

 out of the stakes, if twenty subscribers, and if less 

 than twenty, 5 sovs. 



To close and name on or before the 1st of May, 

 1839, to Mr. Burden, clerk of the races. 



The Buckland Stakes of 25 sovs. each; 10 ft. 

 for two years old ; colts 8st. 71b., fillies, 8st. 

 41b. ; winners once to carry 31b., twice 51b. 

 extra ; three quarters of a mile. 



ASCOT HEATH. 



The manor of Ascot, in the parish of Winkfield, 

 belonged to the Abbot and Convent of Abingdon. 

 In 1722 it was purchased by Robert Forster, Esq. 

 of the family of Broughton, who had possessed 

 it more than a hundred years. On Mr. Forster 's 

 death, it was sold to Andrew Lindegreen, Esq., of 

 whose executors it was purchased in 1787 by D. 

 Agace, Esq., who resided in the manor house many 

 years, and in whose family it still continues. The 

 two mile course is a circular one. of which the 



