Newmarket

Newmarket is fourteen miles north-east of Cambridge, on the border of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Races have been held on Newmarket Heath since the beginning of the 17th century; and there are now seven meetings here every year. New Mexico, one of the most southern portions of the United States, lies between Texas and Arizona, and has Colorado on the north and Mexico and Texas on the south. Its area is 122,580 square miles, but it is very thinly populated. Parts of it were early settled by the Spaniards, who retained it till the revolt of Mexico in 1822. The present territory was formed out of the district ceded in 1848 by Mexico after her war with the United States and of subsequent purchases from her, part of which was afterwards detached to form Arizona (q.v.). There are still many Mexicans in the country. New Mexico is extremely mountainous, the chains generally running north and south. Forests clothe the summits; but there are large grass plains, on which sheep and cattle are pastured in great numbers. The Rio Grande flows northwards through the middle of the State, and is joined by the San Jose, which rises west in Arizona. The Pecos, another large stream, takes a southerly course into Texas. The climate is one of the best in the world, and the rainy season is short. Stock raising and mining are the chief industries, and in the river valleys good crops are obtained. All kinds of metal abound, and there are also coal-fields. The chief towns are Santa Fe (one of the oldest places in America), Albuquerque, and Fernandez de Taos. A bill for its admission as a State was before Congress in December, 1893.