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carriage. There was the guinea for my 

 servant's bed, and (ah ! mon Dieu /) ten 

 guineas for my own, for only two nights ! ' 

 Now we cannot picture to ourselves Mon- 

 sieur at Doncaster a second time ; but if 

 his passion for the race should get the 

 better of his prudence, we only trust he 

 will not be so infamously robbed again. 

 Indeed, he may assure himself of this ; for 

 Doncaster will never be what it has been, 

 nor is it fitting it should be. 



Warwick, Manchester, Liverpool, Chelten- 

 ham, Bath, and Wolverhampton are now 

 among our principal country race-meetings, 

 and all of these have wonderfully increased 

 within the last few years ; particularly Liver- 

 pool a very young meeting, but which bids 

 fair to catch the forfeited honours of Don- 

 caster. Stockbridge also is now in repute, 

 owing to the Bibury Club being held there 

 a renewal of the Burford Meeting, one 

 of the oldest in England. Bath and Liver- 

 pool have races twice in the year, and the 

 valuable produce stakes which all these 

 young meetings have instituted are likely 

 to ensure their continuance ; as to the ever 

 princely-hearted Liverpool at all events, 



