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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 18, 1767
Page
2
Racing notices describe four mile heats for horses of age five years and up, with weights and conditions for plates, plus entries at the Globe Inn Wells on July 25. Four more days outline five mile heats for four year olds and give and take weights, with prizes in pounds and entrance fees.
A 1747 notice announces two August horse races near Bridgwater Somerset with fifty pound purses. Subscriptions due August 1 at Swan Inn with entry fees two to three guineas, weights set by age, and rules on plates booths and liquor sales. winner calendars for next year’s plates.
On Monday the 27th instant will be run at Uxbridge Moor a purse of fifty pounds for four to six year olds not having won since March. Weights: 7 to 8 stone 4 pounds etc. Best of three four mile heats. Entries at the King's Arms, Uxbridge, July 21 between noon and six. Owner pays three guineas toward purse and five shillings to clerk. Stewards listed. Also cock fight noted during race week with five guineas stake.
On Wednesday the 12th of August the Members Purse of fifty pounds will be run for by horses, mares, or geldings under rules of age and value. The races are four mile heats with saddles and bridles included. Also on Thursday the 13th a Give and Take Purse of fifty pounds and on Friday the rath a Chamberlain's Purse for five year olds or younger. Certificates of age and qualifications required. Stipends, entrance fees, and conduct rules described. Stewards: The Hon. Andrew Archer and The Hon. Seymour Conway.
A notice details three horse races at Lewes Downs Sussex in August for horses mares or geldings under six years, with entry rules, weights, and age certificates. Races include a King’s Plate of one hundred pounds on August 20, a Fifty Pound Plate on August 21, and another Fifty Pound Plate on August 23, plus a Sweepstakes for three Gentleman’s Horses. Entrants must register at Verrall’s Coffee House in Lewes a week prior and pay entry fees. The Duke of Newcastle may settle age or running disputes per royal orders.
Leicester races on Wednesday 16 September feature the Burgesses Purse of fifty pounds for any horse never won above a Royal Plate. Bridle and saddle included, best of three heats, four miles a heat. Thursday 17 offers the Gentlemens Purse of fifty pounds for four year olds, two miles a heat, with similar entry rules. Certificates of age required, entry Monday at the Three Crowns in Leicester, four to seven pm. Two guineas toward a purse to be run later. Sir George Robinson, Bart. steward. Evening assemblies at the New Assembly Room with cocking at the Saracen’s Head and meals at local inns.
A writer laments the open presence of common prostitutes in London streets, arguing the police tolerate a breach of decency. He warns the evil harms present and future generations, calling for moral reform despite doubt about complete eradication.
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