Odley Races at Hertfordshire 1767 Hunters Plate
Public notices list three race days from September 7 to September 9 for Hunters and Free Plates at Royston on the Red Lion course. Subscriptions by August 1 set entry rights. purses of fifty pounds. various weights and conditions. entrants must be subscribers. stewards are George Jennings and John Ratcliffe.
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Odley
Hertfordshire
Horfes, &c
Red Lion
Royston
Eorge Ennings
John Ratcliffe
Wells Races at Mendip Hills July 28 and 29
An ancient race notice from Wells describes purses of fifty pounds for four mile heats for five year olds and older. Dates July 28 and 29 specify weights, entry rules at the Globe Inn Wells, and prizes including entrance fees and weights determined by age.
Lewes Downs Horse Races in Sussex Plate Events Note
The August races at Lewes Downs include a King’s Plate of one hundred guineas for horses under seven years, to be entered at Verrall’s Coffee House on August 9. A second Plate of fifty pounds for five year olds runs August 21, with entry fees and weights as specified. A third Plate of fifty pounds for five to aged horses runs August 23, with weight scales and entry rules. A sweepstakes of three hundred guineas between three gentlemen’s horses is scheduled for the King’s Plate day.
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Firlle
Earl of Fitzwilliams
Peterborough
D&c
de Parfe
Tabor Inn
Powell
HeFer
Wells
Somersettey
Teesdey
Mendip Hills
Papperportion
Boffé
Globe Inn
Heber
Coventry
Coventry Park
Eintrance
Horley
Andrew Archer
Seymour Conway
Verral
Lewes
Verrall
Ludlow
Shropshire
Mouney
Ludiow
Harris
Ima
Caldwyn
Thomas Knight
John Sanders
King’s Heap
Bishop-Stortford
Hertfordshire
Berden
Essex
Henry Wilkinson
Berdenhall
Steele
Fetter-Lane
London
Sabridgeworth
MappLetoy
Somerset
City of
Faunton
Somerton
Bridgwater
Langport
Middletoy
N. B
King’s Sedgemoor
William Webley
Chancery Lane
Joseph Elderton
Salisbury
John Evered
Parliament urged to provide for troops in city
The New York General Assembly opened with Governor Moore's speech urging anew funding for troops quartered in the city. An act granted £3000 for provisioning and losses of Captain Philip Martin are covered, plus measures between the colony and Massachusetts Bay and reviving debts acts. Assembly prorogued to August 11. A Port Louis report recounts a French frigate engaging a British vessel, suffering severe damage and casualties before being towed in.
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New-York
Fune
General Assembly
Moore
Tam
Philip Martin
James
Massachusetts Bay
Philadelphia
May
Port Louis
Isle of Ash
Guarda
Jamaica
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Eterborough Raceh
Cardinal Pot
Rossley
Pall-mall
Wilkie
Turlington
Artha Wray
William Wray
Robert Furlington
Mary Sopp
Robert Turlington
Turlington and Wray
Martha Wray
N.B
Vwray
Sopp
Hill T
Baldwin
Ridley
Smith
Chance
Gu - Smith
Shepperd's
Igi
Lok
Barton
Green Park
Piccadilly
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