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one side as on the other. Not on every straight course, 

 however, does this happen, for at Epsom by far the larger 

 proportion of winners of five-furlong races finish on the 

 far side close under the winning-post opposite the judge. 

 This, however, is caused by the ground sloping away from 

 the stand side, consequently hundreds of horses, when 

 running on this particular course, are sent to the far side, 

 even if they have started on the near or stand side. 



I will now take a glance at the programme, to which 

 as much added money is given as the state of the funds 

 will allow. There is no dividend to be earned for share- 

 holders at Ascot, and after expenses are paid by far the 

 largest portion of the income is devoted to the stakes. 

 Indeed, it is generally understood that all the surplus is 

 applied in this manner, and the following table will show 

 exactly what was added to the different races in 1900: — 



Tuesday : Trial Stakes, ;^500 ; Prince of Wales' Stakes, 

 £1,000; Coventry Stakes, ^1,000; Ascot Stakes, ;^2,ooo ; 

 43rd Biennial, ;^500 ; Gold Vase, ;^200, and a vase worth 

 ;^200 ; 46th Triennial, ;^400 — total, £^,600. 



Wednesday : Visitors' Plate, ;^300 ; 42nd Biennial, ^500 ; 

 Hunt Cup, ^1,000 from the Trustees; Hunt Cup, ^^500 

 from the Master of the Buckhounds, and cup value ;^50o; 

 Fern Hill Stakes, iJ"300 ; Coronation Stakes, ;^300 ; 48th 

 Triennial, ^^400 ; Ascot Derby, ;!{^500 — total, ;{^4,300. 



Thursday : 37th Biennial, ;^500 ; St, James' Palace Stakes, 

 j^300 ; Gold Cup, ;^3,ooo, and cup value ;^ 1,000 ; New Stakes, 

 ;^i,ooo; Rous Memorial Stakes, ;!f 1,000 ; All-aged Stakes, 

 ;^300 ; 38th Biennial, ;^500 — total, £7,600. 



Friday : High Weight Stakes, ^^300 ; Windsor Castle 

 Stakes, ^300 ; Queen's Stand Stakes, iJ'800 ; Wokingham 

 Stakes, ;^500 ; Hardwicke Stakes, ^2,000 ; Alexandra Plate, 

 ;^i,5oo; 47th Triennial, ;£"400 — total, i^5,8oo. 



The total for the four days, therefore, amounted to 

 ^^23,300. 



In the Gold Cup the second horse received ;if700, and the 

 third horse ^300, out of the added money, and in various 

 other races there were considerable amounts for second 

 and third. 



