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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 04, 1767
Page
2
Classified notice outlines Oxford races for August 10 to 13 at Port Meadow near the city. Lists three purses of fifty pounds each for four to six year old horses, weight rules, entry conditions, and penalties. Includes entry timing, subscription fees, and social events at the Town Hall and Inn.
In Coventry City the Members Purse for Fifty Pounds will be run at Coventry Park on the Rath of August for horses never winning more than Fifty pounds. A Give and Take Plate follows on August 13 for horses never winning above fifty pounds, with weights and allowances as per rules. Subscriptions, entrance fees, entry at the Coffee-House, and daily stakes outlined. stewards are Tre Hon, Andrew Archer, and The Hon Seymour Conway.
Old Devon and Cornwall racing notices describe August events at Hall Down with purses of fifty pounds for four to seven year old horses and no entry until readings. Burford Course next month features two days of purses, age limits and weights, plus entry rules. Also lists sale offers, a library auction, and property auctions in Worcester and Warwickshire.
Property details in Spalding with brick house and mill complex on the River Welland fronting 54 by 27 feet, multiple chambers, cellars, gardens, stables for five, and two acre adjoining ground. Suitable for makers brewers or merchants. Viewings via Mrs Anne Greaves and further particulars from Mr Thomas Fell.
Fragments describe a Richmond Theatre scene with verses and audience chatter about weather and celestial bodies. It mentions Sol, a planet crossing, and a humorous aside as characters discuss a woman on stage, with commentary on a marriage and a character named Lesingham playing Betty.
Edinburgh August 1 The Oswald Green landman Captain Hodge of Borrowstannels arrived without Ath The Peggy Captain Steven of the same place is clear of the ice on her return home She had no better fortune A boy at Smeaton near Dralkeith while tending a cow wrapped the halter round his waist the cow ran off dragging him over stones he died soon after
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