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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 16, 1767
Page
2
Peterborough race meetings in July feature purse events for mares and geldings age groups four to seven, entry rules and prize details, with adjustments for riders and weights. A cocks fight at the Greyhound is noted for five guineas and fifty for the main, with Fort Powell as feeder for Peterborough.
Racing at Uxbridge Moor with purses of fifty pounds on July 1 for four mile heats for aged and four year old horses. Weights set with penalties and entries due at the King's Arms between noon and six. Stewards include Lord Forbes and Hon. Mr. Wallop. Also a cock fight in Race Week with bets of five guineas a battle.
The Lewes Downs meet lists the King's Plate for horses aged up to six with three heats, August entries at Verrall's Coffee House, and prize plates of fifty pounds for five and six year olds with weight scales and entrance fees. Coventry Park hosts three purses of fifty pounds with weights for age, four mile heats, and detailed entrance, subscription, and conduct rules for each day.
Yesterday arrived from Holland France and Flanders a bundle of dispatches with news from Warsaw Rome Leghorn Bastia and Berlin. Topics include a Russo Polish situation Ottoman view, Corsican privateering, Corsican tax plans, the death of Don Bermudez de Castro, a Santheren elder’s longevity, and the Boerish marriage prospect for Princess Wilhelmina. An Irish cleric appointment in Dublin is noted.
Edinburgh July 11 Two Engineers with several Gentlemen survey the Grounds between the Firths of Forth and Clyde to fix a track for a proposed large canal joining the two Firths. On Wednesday last Alexander Strachan of Towie married Miss Anny Stephen of Montrose. Yesterday died in his 76th year Dr Alexander Monro physician and Professor at the University.
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