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Roger Rush, the then clerk of the course, and 

 Goodisson. 



A great addition has been made since the above 

 period, to the number of racecourses in this country, 

 and horseracing is making its way upon the continent, 

 although France does not appear, at present, to im- 

 prove so much from our example as in former days, 

 under the patronage of the profligate Due d'Orleans. 

 In Pope's language, " Newmarket shines complete," 

 and Epsom, Ascot, Doncaster and York, in all the 

 glory of an accumulation of racing business, the 

 number of horses and trainers, and of buildings both 

 magnificent and useful. We did not augur at the 

 first establishment of the St. Ledger, that great cele- 

 brity which it has since attained. The magnificent 

 and princely stand, this year erected at Epsom, does 

 great honour to those gentlemen with whom the im- 

 provement originated, among whom Mr. Maberly is 

 entitled to especial mention, and by whose exer- 

 tions it was carried into execution. It is worthy of 

 the reign of our veteran sporting Sovereign, George 

 the Fourth. The number of courses has been in- 

 creased at Newmarket of late years, considerably 

 beyond the old — Beacon, Round, and Duke's Courses, 

 Ditch in, the Rowley, Bunbury, Ancaster, and Abing- 

 don miles. Short races are now most frequent, I 

 believe originally, at the suggestion of the late Sir 

 Charles Bunbury, who used to say, that a race over 

 the course was only such to the jockeys, excepting 

 merely at the run in. It is beside, more favourable 

 to the horses, and we have yet a sufficient repetition 

 of two and four mile races to try their game. Racing 



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