A Temperance Festival was held the same day on the Town Moor, Newcastle-on-Tyne, where the races have been held for nearly 150 years. The removal of the races to Gosforth Park, where the admission fee was a shilling, leads to the counter attraction in the way of public amusements. A band contest, football, cricket, foot-racing, and other sports were organised, for which good prizes were given, and addresses were delivered. The people present were estimated at 150,000. No intoxicating drinks were allowed to be sold.

Source: The Illustrated London News, July 8, 1882, p.47