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Reading Races, 1844. Horseracing in Berkshire, at: 'the beautiful race-course in the "King's Meadows"...bounded on one side by the Kennett and Thames, and on the other by the railroad. It presents throughout a broad and spacious level...There were, as usual, lots of jugglers, and gipsies and tumblers, but no gambling of any kind'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.