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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 22, 1766
Page
2
Rutlandshire 1766 announcement by Heber calls for races at Uppingham in the first week of September with particulars to be advertised in due course.
News of two days of horse racing at Brentwood Warley Common Effexy on August 4 and 5 featuring Fifteen Hundred Pound purses for four mile heats, entry rules, gate fees, and dinner安排.
J Hynde Cottos and William Plum are named stewards in Heber. Details indicate local officials assign duties to these individuals amid community duties.
Leicestershire race meeting dated September 17 1966 announces the Buggesses Purse of fifty pounds for horses never won above a Royal Plate with weights and entry rules. Two heats over four miles total and a Gentlemens Purse of fifty pounds next day for four year olds, with certificates of age required, entry fees, and schedules at the Three Cranes inn.
Cornwall race meeting at Bodmin Down offers a fifty guinea Silver Bow and a fifty pound purse. Entries include weight for age and qualifications for mares and geldings bred in Cornwall or Devon. Non subscribers pay two guineas, entries close at the White Hart Inn Bodmin with details and repairs funded by the winner. Also an auction of estate holdings at Kirton Lincolnshire with seven messuages and renewals.
A letter from Oporto dated June 2 reports the London ship Richard, Hugh Hunter, Matter, lost her whale cargo of wine sugar and fruits after burning on the Bar off the harbour. The crew were saved with help from a pilot boat. The mate faced threats while claiming his effects. Capt Ramage from Boston was ashore near Montrose and has since reached the Frith. The Lord Provost and Magistrates awarded Col Hester Monro the freedom of the city for his service to King and country, while Dr Drydale and Dr Hamilton were named to major church and university posts in Scotland.
A brief notice states that Kelle, aged seven? or seven a.m., was married today at Wooller by the Rev. Mr Aen Gen. Adien, a schoolmaster who has long been associated with the area. The item is a fragmentary OCR capture from N TRY NEWS and preserves only partial names and roles.
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