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continue two days. The principal stakes are, the 

 Oxfordshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and 

 only 5 if declared, &c. ; two miles. To this stake 

 there are generally many subscribers. 



The County Plate of £50. 



Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft., and 25 

 added, &c. 



Second day. — City Members' Plate of £50. 



A free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added ; 

 two miles. 



A Handicap Plate of £50 for beaten horses. 



The course is an oval of two miles, all but a dis- 

 tance, and quite flat ; the last half mile, straight. 



SALOP. 



Bishop's Castle, 19 miles from Ludlow, 20|- 

 from Shrewsbury, and 157 from London, and con- 

 taining 1,880 inhabitants. One day's inferior 

 racing about the middle of July. 



Bridgenorth, on the river Severn, 20^ miles 

 from Shrewsbury, and 140 from London, containing 

 4,096 inhabitants. This town contains a theatre, 

 assembly rooms, library, &c. 



The races are held in the beginning of August, 

 and continue two days. The course has become 

 much damaged, from being let out to different 

 tenants during the interval, who divide it by 

 moveable fences. 



