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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 29, 1766
Page
2
Notices announce Oxford races postponed due to heavy rains and water in Port Meadow. They will be rescheduled and public notice will follow in this paper.
Races to be run on Warley Common near Brentwood on Monday and Tuesday August 4 and 5 1766. Fifty pound plates for four year old horses mares or geldings never winning fifty pounds with heats and allowances. Subscriptions, entrances, and penalties detailed with duties to clerks of the course. Entries to be shown at the Crown in Brentwood by July. Ball tickets and dinners fixed at local taverns.
On Wednesday September 7 1766 a fifty pound Hunters Plate will be run for by subscribers who paid before August 1 1766. Entry requires horses in subscriber ownership and prior season use, with four mile heats and weights, plus a Ladies Plate for fillies two miles and further race events on the same course. Subscriptions, entry rules, and penalties are outlined with specific weight limits and conditions.
A dated colonial dispatch reports the House of Representatives appointing a committee to draft thanks for the repeal of the Stamp Act. It notes a joint naval appointment in this province, ship movements from Cape Ann and Sables, and a wreck that caused multiple deaths. Also mentioned are societal notices from New York meetings and a Dover/Connecticut thanksgiving proclamation.
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