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Totnes Races*

FRITH, posted 1916. House and Ropewalk. Totnes races. One of the features of races week was the Somerset Steeplechase, run over 4 miles, it started on the other side of the river near Bourton Hall (Chateau Bellevue), round the quarry, then along the Newton Abbot to Totnes road, down the bank past the ropewalk and over the rive Dart with a fast race to finish. Once he tide was mistimed and horses and riders had to swim for it.The last steeplechase was held in 1913, war broke out the next year and they never raced across the river again.