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last half is called the old mile. The new mile is 

 straight, and up hill all the way. The T. Y. C. is 

 five furlongs and one hundred and thirty-six yards. 

 The races at this peculiarly aristocratic course 

 follow soon after Epsom, and are always most 

 numerously attended by the nobility and gentry, 

 both of the metropolis and the surrounding coun- 

 try. This race-course is also distinguished, from 

 being particularly patronized by royalty. The 

 frontispiece of our second volume represents her 

 present Most Gracious Majesty going in state on 

 the course, which is indeed a most beautiful sight. 

 Besides the royal stand, there are several others 

 for the accommodation of visitors, with numerous 

 booths for the amusement and refreshment of 

 the more humble classes. As the nobility and 

 gentry make a practice of attending these races with 

 all the style, which wealth regulated by good taste 

 can command, the finest possible efiect is produced. 

 The kennel of Her Majesty's royal buck hounds is 

 situated on Ascot Heath, and their master, for 

 the time, rides before the sovereign in the procession 

 on the course. 



The new Grand Stand was opened to the public 

 this season (1839) for the first time, and a short ac- 

 count of it will not be out of place here. The 

 funds were raised by a hundred shares of £100 

 each, of which £5 is to be paid off" every year ; so 

 that at the end of twenty years it will be free of all 

 charge, and will be appropriated solely to the be- 



