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races and doubling the stakes, some three-day 

 meetings may be advantageously compressed into 

 two days, which would be a gain to all concerned,, 

 except, perhaps, the bookmakers, for there is 

 occasionally more betting over a small stake than 

 there is upon one of three times the amount 

 where the competing horses are, it may be, of a 

 higher class. Another phase of racing economy 

 may be here alluded to, and that is the propriety 

 of peremptorily limiting the sport, so that it may 

 not occupy more than four days of the week. 

 There is not now any Saturday racing at New- 

 market, and it would be well if none were per- 

 mitted elsewhere ; there should also be, as a general 

 rule, no racing on Mondays. The tendency of 

 late has been to increase the number of Saturday 

 meetings, and in all likelihood ere many years are 

 past we may have in England racing on Sundays ! 

 When it is considered that many seats of sport 

 are far distant from Newmarket, from whence a 

 large number of the competitors are brought, it is 

 early enough to begin racing on the Tuesday, 

 and Saturday should be left a clear day for going 

 home. 



The comfort of all engaged in the business of 

 the turf would be greatly enhanced were the 

 racing limited to four days ; even the bookmakers, 

 it is believed, would be glad to acquiesce in such 

 an arrangement. 



As is well known, the death of the nominator 

 of a horse for a race renders the nomination void 

 — a hard case in some instances, but for which 

 no remedy has yet been devised. Much con- 

 troversy has been expended from time to time 

 on this feature of turf economy, and in all 



