ii6 A MIRROR OF THE TURF. 



We do not speak of houses for which four and 

 five times the above sums are charged, but they 

 are equally dear. It has been stated that in 

 consequence of the income derived from the races 

 the inhabitants pay no taxes ; if that be really so, 

 lodgings ought to be cheaper at Doncaster than 

 they are at present. One really ought to be able 

 to command a bedroom and breakfast-parlour for 

 not more than ten shillings a night, or two guineas 

 for the four days. Exorbitant prices have led 

 those having racing business to attend to to live 

 for the four or five days of the meeting in the 

 neighbouring towns and villages, from which 

 they can arrive at the Town Moor in good 

 time for business, and depart in ample time for 

 dinner. 



With reference to the sum paid as entry money 

 for the race, namely, ^25, it is in reality much 

 the same as for the Derby, with the exception 

 that, in the case of the great Epsom event, each 

 runner is mulcted in the full sum of 50 gs., 

 but taking an average of twelve runners, that 

 number would only add ^300 to the stakes 

 of the winning horse. Handsome additions ought 

 therefore to be made. That the Doncaster 

 authorities should supplement the St. Leger 

 Stakes with a liberal hand is all the more neces- 

 sary, seeing that the form of the horses has before 

 September become so exposed as to make it im- 

 possible to back them, except at an unremunerative 

 price. An addition of ^1,000 to the second horse, 

 and a sum of ^500 to the one which runs third, 

 should at once be demanded by those gentlemen 

 who are in the custom year after year of nomi- 

 nating their yearlings for the Blue Ribbon of the 



