And plate spurs for ponies that pay no Pitt-tax:
Spring whips made for mules, and good armour for asses,
And harlequin habits for lads and for lasses;
Gloves, hats, hose, and handkerchiefs, shirts, shifts, and shoes,
To run, gape, or grin for, as candidates choose.
With multitudes mingled the turf was attended,
Like barley and beans, there the belles and beaux blended;
From town and the country such numbers assembled,
The race-ground a Newcastle meeting resembled;
Which cohorts all creeds and conditions comprised,