2 Horse Bacing. 



market, where no revenue is derived from racing- 

 stands, or from the public who destroy our turf by 

 a thousand vehicles of all descriptions and by two 

 thousand horsemen — I can name no other race- 

 courses with grand stands, excepting Brighton, 

 which do not enjoy a revenue very incompatible 

 with the amount of money they actually give for 

 racing prizes. 



To meet the demands of so many aspirants for 

 fame, or for more substantial benefits, many 'of 

 the old established race-courses are re-opened to 

 initiate second and third meetings, not for the 

 love of sport, but for the certainty of making a 

 good investment and a lucrative speculation. With 

 this object, never to be lost sight of, nothing can 

 be worse than the exactions perpetrated at most 

 of the country meetings under the sanction of 

 corporations of racing cities, and by the lessees of 

 the race-courses. They are balanced by the docility 

 of the horse-owners, who imagine, that by the 

 assistance of the friendly handicapper — who is the 

 clerk of the course or the lessee — they may win 

 a great stake, forgetting that for favours to be 

 received there may be many competitors with 

 equal claims for light weights, and that the system 

 of handicapping every petty plate, when the clerk 

 of the course is master of the situation, and can 



