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cond to receive £35 out of a racing-fund ; a winner 

 during the week to carry 41b. extra. 



The Members' Plate of 50 sovs. 



Hunters' Stakes of 5 gs. each. 



The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 15 

 added, for horses, &c., of all ages; 3 yrs. old, 7st. ; 

 four, 8st. 31b.; five, 8st. 101b.; six and aged, 9st.; 

 m. and g. allowed 31b. ; the winner to be sold for 

 £150, if demanded within half-an-hour after the 

 race; the second to save his stake; one-mile heats. 

 Seven subscribers or no race. 



Tynemouth, 8^ miles from Newcastle, situated 

 on the River Tyne. Two days' inferior racing 

 takes place about the middle of April. 



OXFORDSHIRE. 



Bicester, 12|^ miles from Oxford, and 55 from 

 London ; contains 2,544 inhabitants. One day's 

 racing towards the end of September. 



The Town Plate of £50, added to a Sweepstake 

 of 5 sovs. each, &c. &c. 



A Handicap of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added. 

 Hunters' Stakes, &c. 



Oxford. — This city, the capital of the county, is 

 famous for its university ; it stands on the rivers 

 Isis and Cherwell, 55 miles from London, and con- 

 tains by the last census, 16,364 inhabitants. The 

 races take place towards the end of August, and 



