Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Newmarket

NEWMARKET, a market-town, lying on the border of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles E. N. E. of Cambridge. It chiefly consists of one long street, and contains an unusual number of hotels and fine private houses, belonging to the great patrons of the turf. Among the principal edifices are the Jockey Club. The town owes its prosperity to its horseraces, as old at least as 1605. The race ground on Newmarket Heath, to the W., is one of the very finest in the world. There are eight annual meetings, the principal events being the Thousand Guineas at Easter and the Cesarewitch in October. Newmarket is known as the racing capital of England. Pop. about 11,000.