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added from the fund. To close and name to the 

 Secretary, by eight o'clock, the evening before 

 running. 



The Victoria Stakes of 50 sovs., given by the 

 ladies of Cheltenham, added to a sweepstakes of 

 5 sovs. each, for the beaten horses of the meeting ; 

 the winner to receive 50 sovs., the second horse 

 10 sovs., and the third horse 5 sovs. ; the surplus 

 of the sweepstakes to go to the winner ; two miles. 

 Three subscribers or no race. 



To close immediately after the race preceding, 

 at the weighing-room. To be handicapped by the 

 Stewards, or whom they may appoint. 



Mr. Clark, of Newmarket, Judge. 



Mr. C. Wood, of Cheltenham, Secretary. 



GLOUCESTER. 



A city, inland port, and county of itself, 34 miles 

 N.N.E. from Bristol, and 107 W.N.W. from Lon- 

 don, on the road to South Wales, containing about 

 10,000 inhabitants. It is pleasantly situated in a 

 fertile vale, on the eastern bank of the river 

 Severn. The bridge is a handsome structure of 

 stone, from which a causeway, half a mile in 

 length, extends across the Isle of Alney to Orve. 



The cathedral is one of the most magnificent 

 ecclesiastical structures in England. The oldest 

 parts are the nave, the chantry chapels round the 

 choir, and the crypt, or undercroft, which are sup- 



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