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Wantage Races Berkshire 1766 Two-Day Horse Meeting
The Wantage races at Berkshire are set for Tuesday the 22nd at Letcomb Dowris with four year old Colts and Fillies racing for weighted purses and heats of two miles. On Wednesday the 23rd a second purse day follows for older horses in four mile heats. Entries open at the Alfreds Head Inn Wan tage between ten and night with entrance fees and weights set by the course. Stakes, prizes, and conditions include weights for age and sex, and penalties for winners. No liquor boards without a half guinea subscription. ladies and gentlemen ordinaries and bailes at the Alfreds Head and Boar Inns, horses to start at one o'clock. Heber
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