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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 05, 1737
Page
2
An account describes a Sunday fire at Sutton near Dartford in Kent starting at a butcher’s, sparks igniting a thatched house and several others, the wind high, the village saved with great dread. It also notes weekly financial and mortality data, and various letters from Preston Cadiz and Cadiz News.
The notice details two race days at Banstead Downs Carshalton Surrey on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26, with purses of twenty and ten pounds respectively. Entrance fees set at one and two guineas, entries require prior plate and galloway measurements fourteen days and seven days before running. No cocking at the Greyhound as usual.
In Surrey at Epsom Downs the May race meeting lists six Plates with varied weights and ages for horses and galloways, to run heats over two to four miles. Entries due fourteen days before the first plate, with payments and certificates to Breeders. Also notices of public auctions, property lettings, and local legal notices accompany the report.
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