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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 04, 1767
Page
2
Public notices announce a multi day horse race meeting with Lady Plates and Noblemen subscriptions. Events include Two-mile heats for the City Plate and a Ladies Plate, with weights for age and condition, entry fees, and prizes. Subscriptions and entrances fund next year’s plates, with dates, venues, and steward credits. Concerts accompany racing mornings. Charles Amcots and Forster Tufnell listed as stewards.
In Wells Somersetshire events July 28 to 30 race meetings offer five and fifty pound purses for four mile and two mile heats. Entries due at Globe Inn Wells a Guinea entry and half a guinea to clerk. weights vary by age and height. disputes decided by subscribers. breeders to certify ages.
The fragment describes horse race events at Blandford with heats of two and four miles, weights, purses or plates of fifty pounds, charges for subscribers, entry fees, and conditions. It notes start times, rules about bridle, saddle, and judging, and mentions Ralph Willett and Mr Combs in roles at the event.
Long advertisement details horse racing at Hertfordshire on September 7 with Fifty Pounds purses and multiple plates for different ages and conditions. Entries require prior subscription by August 1 1767. includes entry fees, conditions, certificates of age, and penalties. Also mentions Ludlow and Broyle Park races with dates, purses, weights, and entry rules.
A former lieutenant colonel writes to defend the British army and its officers against claims of overreach and threat to liberty. He cites Fontenoy and Hyde Park guards, praises discipline, and argues the military preserves Parliament and the constitution, countering charges of tyranny and unrest with loyalty to country and duty.
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