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declared by nine o'clock, or the morning of run- 

 ning, with £30 added from the fund, if not walked 

 over for ; heats, one mile and a half. To close and 

 name to the clerk of the course, by four o'clock on 

 the evening of the first day's races. To be handi- 

 capped by the Racing Committee, or whoever they 

 may appoint. 



A Sweepstake of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. for two 

 yrs. old colts ; 8st. 41b., and fillies, 8st. ; the last 

 half mile. To close and name to Messrs Weather- 

 by, or the clerk of the course, on or before the 

 third day of Chester races. 



R. Edwards, Clerk of the Course. 



ShifFnal, 17|^ miles from Shrewsbury, and 1,43 

 from London, containing 1,463 inhabitants. Two 

 days' inferior racing about the end of May. The 

 members of the southern divison of the county 

 usually add a small sum to one of the stakes. 



Shrewsbury, the chief town of the county, is 

 pleasantly situated on two eminences, rising gently 

 from the banks of the Severn, 1 54 miles (N. W.) 

 from London, and contains about 21,000 inhabi- 

 tants. The theatre, which was formerly part of 

 the palace of the princes of Powysland, is open 

 during the races. The public subscription library 

 is well supported, besides which, a mechanic's 

 institution was established in 1825, where lectures 

 are occasionally delivered; assemblies are held 

 monthly during the season, in a suite of rooms ad- 



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