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gradual falling off, both in the value of the stakes and in 

 the number of runners, but even now the prizes are well 

 worth winning, and it must be borne in mind that they are 

 of fairly even character, with the exception of the Selling 

 Plates, and that there is no monster stake to attract the 

 crowd, as has become the custom at several of the en- 

 closures. To go into figures, the actual stakes to the winners 

 in 1900 were: On Tuesday, ;^3,5i5; on Wednesday, ^^^2,859; 

 on Thursday, £6,60$ ; on Friday, £2,267. Total, ;^i 5,246. 

 This is a capital total, and moreover the programme pulls 

 to pieces fairly well, though long-distance racing is not so 

 much in evidence as at Ascot. The following table shows 

 the various distances over which last year's races were 

 run : — 



The Goodwood Cup 



Goodwood Stakes . 

 Gratwicke Stakes 

 Craven Stakes 

 Drayton Handicap . 

 Chesterfield Cup 

 Charlton Handicap 

 Sussex Stakes 

 Corinthian Plate 

 Visitors' Plate 

 Nassau Stakes 

 Ham Stakes 

 Stewards' Cup 

 Richmond Stakes . 

 Prince of Wales' Stakes 

 Findon Stakes 

 Rous Memorial Stakes 

 Molecomb Stakes . 

 West Dean Stakes . 

 Halnaker Stakes 

 Sweepstakes of £12^ 

 Selling Plate (two-year-olds) 

 Lavant Stakes 

 Selling Plate (two-year-olds) 

 Singleton Plate 

 Chichester Stakes . 

 Selling Stakes (all ages) 



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