WINDSOR IS a flat from Windsor Castle. Course of about 160 acres, one mile For the Two-mile Course the horses start at the Stand and run a figure of 6, as at Worcester, the last three-quarters of a mile being quite straight. There is also a straight Course of about seven furlongs. WOLVERHAMPTON.-The Course is of an oval shape, a mile and a quarter, the run in is straight, and the T.Y.C. is a straight half-mile. WORCESTER-Is a dead flat, and of irregular shape. The Half-mile Course and the Five furlongs Course are straight. The Mile-and-quarter Course is a figure of 6, the first and last half-mile being straight. The Two-mile Course is a figure of 8, the last half-mile straight; the T.Y.C. is the straight half-mile. WYE-IS in shape like a Battledore, one mile and threequarters, with six furlongs quite straight, the first two furlongs of which is down hill, the third furlong up hill, the fourth down, and the last two up hill to the finish-all excellent Down land, and a mile from the town. YARMOUTH.-The Course once round is one mile, two furlongs, and 200 yards, perfectly level, and on a sandy soil. The T.Y.C. is 5 furlongs, 80 yards, straight. The other Courses are portions of the whole round. YORK.-The Race Course is about a mile from the city, on a plain called Knavesmire; it is quite flat, rather oval in shape, and about two miles in length. The T.Y.C. is 5 furlongs and 44 yards. The Great Yorkshire Stakes Course is one mile and three-quarters. The Old and New Two-mile Courses are exactly two miles. The Queen's Plate Course is two miles. Sligo Post (a few yards longer than Red Post) Howth Post (on the Peel Course) 0 6306 223 3 58 0 12 0 178 96 1 1 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE RACING CALENDAR. D. for Duke E. for Earl M. for Marquis Ld for Lord B.C. for Beacon Course T.M.M. for the Two Middle Miles of B.C. A.F. for Across the Flat T.Y.C. for Two yrs old Course A.E.C. for Audley End Course h. for horse g. for gelding m. for mare c. for colt f. for filly b. for bay d. for dun bl. for black p.p. for play or pay w. o. for walked over alld. for allowed dr. for drawn dis. for distanced disq. for disqualified incl. for including subs. for subscribers PAGE ERRATA IN THE PRESENT VOLUME. 10 The value of Lambton Plate is 697. not 797. 17 The value of the Hornby Handicap is 957. not 931. 69 The winner of the Handicap Stakes, Rous Course, was ridden by T. not J. Osborne. 94 In the Patriotic Stakes, for Mr Murphy's Magdalene, read Madeline. 108 In the Trial Stakes, for Dandy, 4 yrs, read 3. 177 The value of the Railway Handicap is 667. not 617. 221 In the Ilford Stakes, Antinous carried 8st 3b, not 8st 10lb. 231 In the Corinthian Handicap, for Mr G. Hilton's Miss Clifden, read Mr A. Poole's. 287 In the Maiden Plate, for Chancellor, by Monitor, read by Monitor II. 296 In the Town Plate, p. 297, in the Scurry Handicap, and p. 310 in the Denham Handicap, for g. out of Bellona, read c. 385 In the Stamford Biennial, the filly by Julius carried 8st 4fb. ERRATA IN THE VOLUME OF RACES PAST, 1871. 581 In the Cleveland Handicap, for Mr G. George's Roedeer, read Mr C. Jones's. 660 In the references to Bellenden, 3 yrs, omit 522. It is the 4 yrs old ch. g. of that name, by Blair Athol, out of Phoebe, by Touchstone, that is there referred to. 662 The pedigree of Blair Hill should read, ch. c. by Rapid Rhone, dam by Blair Athol, grandam by West Australian, &c. 663 Blue Beard's dam is La Belle Alice, not Lady Constance; in the references to Border Chief, omit 554, and add it to those to Bordeaux, the filly. 683 Fib is a b. c., not a filly. 699 For f. by Lacydes, dam's pedigree unknown, read f. by Lacydes, out of Rather High. 707 The filly by Macaroni, or Scottish Chief, out of Queen of Trumps, is called Dot; page 87 should therefore be added to Dot's references. RACING CALENDAR. 1872. LINCOLN SPRING MEETING. MONDAY, March the 18th.-The Trial Stakes of 5 sov. each, with 50 added; the second saved his stake; one mile (16 subs.-1207.) Mr Lefevre's Manille, by Orphelin, 4 yrs, 9st 4lb Hunter 1 Mr W. Nicholl's Raby Castle, 3 yrs, 6st 12lb W. Chaloner 2 Mr Chaplin's Westley, 5 yrs, 10st T. Chaloner Dunkerton Mr Dacre's ch. g. Grand Junction, 3 yrs, 6st 12th T. Gray Maidment 3 4 2 to 1 agst Manille, 4 to 1 each agst Lady Evelyn colt and Westley, 6 to 1 agst Uhlan, and 7 to 1 agst Raby Castle. Won by half a length, a bad third. The Carholme Handicap Plate of 100 sov.; about six furlongs. Mr Savile's Reindeer, by Mountain Deer, aged, 7st 9th Mr T. V. Morgan's Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs, 8st 13b Mr W. Nicholl's Flying Childers, 4 yrs, 8st 5lb Mr Lefevre's Alaric, 5 yrs, 8st 51b Mr J. Nightingall's Atlas, 5 yrs, 8st 2lb Butler 1 White Mr R. Keith's Thunderstorm, 5 yrs, 7st 7lb - Heslop Templeman Mr Vaughan's Fairfield, 4 yrs, 6st 9b, was weighed for, but did not reach the post in time to start. 3 to 1 agst Alaric, 100 to 30 agst Flying Childers, 5 to 1 agst Atlas, 11 to 2 agst Reindeer, and 6 to 1 agst Cocoa Nut. Won by a neck, five lengths between the second and third, and two lengths between the third and fourth. VOL. C. A |