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N.B. No charge is made for the use of the Ground for either a 

 Race or Match run on a Public Day, provided that 48 hours' no- 

 tice before it is run be given at the Hippodrome Ground. 



Twenty-four hours' notice must be given at the Hippodrome 

 Ground of either Course being required for a Race or Match, on 

 a private day, and none such can be run without the Jockeys or 

 Riders being dressed in Jackets, and Caps, &c., and the Horses 

 plated. 



Neither Subscribers, nor Visitors, nor their Grooms, can on any 

 account be permitted to use either the Race Course or Steeple 

 Chase Course for riding exercise, as both courses are kept in 

 order for Racing and Training only. 



Subscribers of Five Guineas have the privilege of sending a Groom 

 with Two Horses for walking exercise, between the hours of Six 

 and Nine in the Morning, whenever the Ground is available for 

 that purpose. 



MONMOUTHSHIRE. 



Monmouth, the chief town of the county, 

 is 130 miles W. N. W. from London. It is beau- 

 tifully situated on the banks of the river Wye, 

 near its junction with the Mownow. The races 

 which take place about the middle of October, 

 and continue two days, are held on Chippenham 

 meadow, an extensive plot of ground on the bank 

 of the Wye, and which also forms the prome- 

 nade of the town. 



About £100, raised by subscription, is given 

 awav in stakes. 



Pontipool. — This town is situated on a declivity, 

 between the river Avon and the canal to Newport, 



