WINCHESTER RACES 1736 ON WORTHY DOWNS HANTS
Races at Worthy Down near Winchester include matches for four mile heats and two mile heats with prizes of Fifty Pounds and entry fees. The program lists weight scales for age groups from four to six years, details on dispute resolution by Lord Powlee and Henry Penton, and notes races at Marlborough Oxford Stratford and Manchester with various purses and entry rules. Also advertised is a sale of a freehold in Westerham Kent with a long legal description.
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Winchester
Worthy ‘Downs
Wanchester
Hants
Dhe
Harry Powlee
Henry Penton
Peregrine
Jarvis
Littleton
Marlborough
Salisbury
Marlborugh
Yin
Wilts
Yound Co
Marty
Mijor
Marlbrough
Ciuineas
M.joricy
Oxford
Port- Meadow
Roth
Flower-de-Luce Inn
Stratford
A.J
Gil
Horfes
Robert Bruce
Courrse
Tattand
Hours
N. B
Birmingham
Scratfor
Heber
Manchester
Cys
Kerral Moor
Carr
Thomas Birch
Francis Motley
Cow
Westerham
Kent
John Holmuen
Swayne
Taubsuge
Kens
Beauford Arms
Chepstow
Monmonthshire
Join -Lewis Merry
Leech
James Davis
Chepttow
Ambitious European Diplomacy and Storms Reported
From Warsaw to Dublin and Naples to Paris, dispatches describe a Moldavian envoy aiming to settle with the Khan of the Tartars, royal funds pledged, and hopes for an accord. Berlin notes scarce cattle and weekly stag and bear buys for city consumption. Naples reports a pair of violent hailstorms causing damage and drownings nearby. Leghorn notes Algiers letters saying French and Dutch consuls face harsh treatment from the Dey. Paris outlines a raft of fiscal edicts renewing taxes and rebalancing crown finances. Ireland reports Forbes elected Lord Mayor and Cork levellers’ trial outcomes. Clonmel records the execution of Capt. Fearnot amid levelling cases and acquittals for others. The broad mix depicts global tension, trade frictions, and domestic trials.”
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France
Flanders
Warsaw
Moldavia
Byalyswick
Berlin
Naples
Roth
Leghorn
Algiers
America
Rio-Janeiro
Count Bobadilla
Bahia
Rio-de-la-Plata
Paris
Ireland
Dublin
William Forbes
Francis Booker
William Brien
Corke
Clonmeil
John Forgerty
Fearnot
Waterford
Clonmell
William Hogeley
Carew
Patrick Knavin
John Watson
Messrs. Houley
Knavin
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Baglhat Hill
County of
Surry
Hertfordbridge Hill
Barthoc
Basingstoke
Farnhar
Wrettan Russell
Isa- Singstoke
Clark
Wallington
Caril Alton
Callico
Reyair
Ganiel Denee
Edward Brice
Cornhill
London
Abbott
George Bickham
Covent Garden
James Bradford
Buckingham
County of Bucks
Highworth
Bastrop
Westrop
Hampton
Sennington
Broad Blunfton
South Marston
Hit
Scephens
Staples Law
Broad Hauns Pon
Broad Blunflon
Cricklace
Farhher
John Twynshoe
No. 4
Essex-Court
Temple
Orley
Wharfdale
Grane
Archbishop of
York
Whittaker
Symond’s Inn