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Epsom Races 1753 May Meeting Proposals and Rules
The notice outlines May 28 to June 1 race events at Epsom Downs with multiple Plates for horses of various ages, including hunters, and conditions on weights and entry. It details prize money fifty pounds per plate, entry deadlines, heat format four miles per heat, and rewards for nonparticipation and penalties. It also specifies enforcement of entry rules, number of horses to start, and cocking as usual.
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Newmarket
Lancaster
Stamford
County of
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Samed Place
Exeter
Bull-Inn
Dhe Gtorgi
Joseph Weer
Nottingham
Ebenezer Milligam
Leicester
Newton
Golbourn Heath
Lancashire
Alt Herfes
Thomas Gaskarp
Comproller
Taomas Grey Ecerton
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Peter Leca
Peter Legh
Bazil Thomas Ecclerton
Joan Harrison
Gallows House
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Old Crab
Counsellor
Chat Gor Thunderbolt
Hutton
Coney-skins
Rutland
Duke of Kingston
Brisk
Old Snake
Lister
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Mr. Hutton
Marshall
Royal
Oliver Cromwell
Oxford
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Rameeer
Asjeediefs
Leeds
Seymour
M. Cooper
Waternoster
Mr. Owen
Temple Bar
Tuo. Butler
St. James’s Palace
Pall-madl
Tenbridge Wells
Kert
Edmund Wood
Union
John O'Connor
Tunbridge Wells
Crroll
Bedford
Covent Garden
Min Kendall