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no way to interfere with the view of the public. Great pains have 

 always been talcen to keep the running ground in such order as to ren- 

 der it as unexceptionable to the Trainers, as tlie nature of the ground 

 will allow. The track is oval, of a sandy soil, exactly one mile — a light 

 rail enclosing it on both sides all the way round. The subjoined is a 

 diagram of it, from the joint bands of Major Parker and K. Q. Piuck- 

 ney, Esq., both gentlemen of scientific attainments, on whose accuracy 

 the most implicit reliance may be placed. 



T^-A-SHiisra-TOisr cotTRSB. 



I.N.NER DITCH OK TH£ TRACK. 



LADIES STAjSD 



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410 "YAUDS 



The Inner Ditch of the Track is exactly 1760 yard3 or one mile. 



1 yard from the Ditch gives 1765.1 yards. 



2 yards from do 1772 do. 



3 do from do 1778 do. 



4 do from do 1784 do. 



Respectable strangers from abroad, or from other States, are never 

 allowed to pay for admission to any of the Stands on the Course. On 

 their arrival they are immediately considered guests, and j^rovided with 

 tickets and a ribbon, which frank them everywhere, entitling them to 

 the hospitalities of the Club during the whole meeting, 



[A very highly finished wood engraving, by II. l^o'ise, who is now 

 engaged in business in this city, embellishes the beginning of this work 

 as a vignette. Mr. Bosse has been exceedingly happy in the composi- 

 tion of the crowd of figures, giving the picture life and truthfulness. 

 The Building is from a Daguerreotype taken expressly and gratuitously 

 for this work by D. L. Glenn, a native of this city, pursuing his votia- 

 tion as au artist, at No, 215 King-street. His pictures are executed in 



