278 ON RACING. 



Epsom, Ascot, and Goodwood, the Doncaster 

 Town Moor, and the Knavesmire at York; 

 the I^ansdown course at Bath, and Stock- 

 bridge (now, alas ! no more), where the 

 Bibury Club* held its meetings for so many- 

 years, are examples of the fine old-fashioned 

 racecourses whereon generations of men have, 

 enjoyed their favourite sport. And how far 

 more enjoyable, and more genuinely " sport- 

 ing " as well, the glorious old pastime seems 

 to . be on those open spaces, where every one 

 who ' 1 ->ves to see a good horse gallop may 

 do so free and unfettered, than when cooped 

 up in c owded stands and enclosures, while 

 the horf ;s run round a " soup-plate " course 

 for gam,>lers to bet on, for all the world 

 like les petits chevaux in a Continental 

 Kursaal ! New racecourses must now invari- 

 ably be GL losed, that the gate-money may 

 flow into th coffers of the administration; 



* The Bibury C ib now holds its Annual Meeting on 

 Salisbury Eace Cou e. 



