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with a sum added by the innkeepers, for horses, &c., 

 that have been regularly hunted with any esta- 

 blished pack of hounds in the previous season ; 

 thorough-bred horses to carry 12st. 31b. ; half- 

 bred, list. 71b.; the winner of a hurdle-race at 

 any time to carry 51b. extra ; gentlemen, farmers, 

 or tradesmen riders ; two miles, six leaps. The 

 winner to pay 3 sovs. towards the expences of 

 the hurdles ; IO5. entrance, including scales and 

 weights. 



Rules and regulations as at Newmarket. 



Stakes to be paid by ten o'clock on the morn- 

 ing of the race, to the clerk of the races, or not 

 entitled, though a winner. 



Objections made to any horse, &c., in either of 

 the races, must be in waiting, to the stewards, 

 before starting. 



Mr. T. H. Waters, Clerk of the Races. 



NORTHUMBERLA ND. 



Belford. — 49 miles from Newcastle, and 325^ 

 miles from London. The races were formerly held 

 at Beadnell (a village on the sea- shore, 10|^ miles, 

 E. S. E. from Belford,) but have been removed here. 

 Races of an inferior description take place here in 

 September. The course is about a mile to the 

 south-west of the town, on the site of what is 

 supposed to have been a Danish camp. 



Morpeth. — On the northern bank of the river 



