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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 25, 1734
Page
3
Horserace notices dated on September 10 and following days announce purses of twenty, ten, and forty guineas on Whittington Heath near Litchfield. Entries require entrance fees, weight rules, and three heats per race with conditions for subscribers and non subscribers. All horses must be entered and shown at Mr Edward Holmes’s house the week before racing.
On August 11 at Bellsize a Plate of 101 by Galloways 14 Hands carries 10 Stone weight for inches with a Guinea and a Half or 2.5 Guineas entrance. On August 12 a Plate of 11 by Hackney Horses 14 Hands carries nine Stone with Half Guinea or Guinea at the Post entry. On August 13 a Puxie of three Guineas by Hackney Horses 14 Hands carries nine Stone with 3 Half Crowns or 1ys at the Post. Four horses minimum to start, enter three days before with single entrance for six laps and three heats per place. Wall sitters warned for trespass. Music in the Long Room for country dancing.
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