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of both, 101b. extra; the winner to pay 15 sovs. to 

 the Judge. 



The Magna Charta Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. 

 for colts, 8st. 71b., and fillies, 8st. 4lb. ; the win- 

 ner of the Riddlesworth, 2000gs., Derby, or Oaks, 

 to carry 71b. extra ; the new mile. To close and 

 name on the 1st of March. 



Third Day. — A Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 

 ft. for two yrs. old colts, 8st. 51b., and fillies, 8st. 

 21b. ; winners to carry 31b. extra ; three quarters of 

 a mile. To close and name the Monday after 

 Ascot. 



Epsom, a parish in the 1st. division of the 

 hundred of Copthorne, 16 miles (E.N.E.) from 

 Guilford, and 15 (S.W. by S.) from London, on 

 the road to Worthing, containing, with the hamlet 

 of Horton, about 3000 inhabitants. This place 

 was by the Saxons called Ebbisham, from which 

 its present name is derived. It is delightfully situ- 

 ated on the western verge of Banstead Downs, and 

 from the salubrity of the air, the estimation in 

 which its medicinal waters were formerly held, and 

 the celebrity of its races, it became the resort of 

 many families, and rapidly increased in the num- 

 ber of its buildings, and the extent of its popula- 

 tion. In the centre of the town is a large sheet of 

 water. The houses are, in general, handsome and 

 well-built. The environs, which are exceedingly 

 pleasant, abound with handsome seats and villas, 

 and on the downs, which command an extensive 



