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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 23, 1767
Page
2
Details of horse races at Birthe fame Course and Manchester Moor with purses from fifty to sixty pounds. Entries due at inns in Aylesbury and Cheam with weights, ages, and rules. Members of Stewards, fees, and conditions for heats, certificates, and disputes. Nine to twelve o clock entry times and rules for entrants, with notes on funding and subscriptions.
A long OCR fragment lists racing cards for 1767 including ELLS RACES with weight allowances and age rules for July and August meetings, Oxford Races with Town Plate and Noblemen Purse on Port Meadow, Swaffham Races in Norfolk with plates for four to five year olds, and notes on entry fees and conditions. Also appears an advertisement for Jesuits Drops with royal patent claims.
A notice announces a horse race event on August 5th at the Plymouth Inn in St Thomas the Apostle parish, Devon. It details entry rules for horses mares and geldings, entry fees of one or three guineas, prize purses, weights, and conditions, along with required training and certificates and the new course setup.
The King’s Plate of one hundred pounds will be run at Lewes Downs Sussex on Thursday August 20 by horses mares or geldings not over six years old. Entries must be at Verrall’s Coffee House in Lewes by August 1. A second plate of fifty pounds for younger entrants competes on Friday August 21 with specific age and weight rules. A final plate of fifty pounds is scheduled for Saturday August 23 with complex weight scales. Entry fees, certificates of age, and race-day rules apply. prizes and entry costs allocated to various heats and purses.
Notice from Epsom detailing early entries for Town Plate and other races for four and five year old horses, entry fees, weights, and conditions. Subscriptions to plates required by the trustees. entries at Morris's Coffee-house, Epsom, with penalties for late or missing entries. regulations on weighing and booth licenses during race days.
Coventry Park hosts three days of horse racing August 12 to 14 with Purse events each day. Entries require age and qualification certificates, entry fees, and penalties. The schedule features weights for age, allowances, and a guaranteed prize for the second best horse each day. Official entries at the coffee house. authorities outline rules and associated costs.
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