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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 14, 1733
Page
2
A chaotic mix of praise for Mr. Joan Crann and a mock critique of rival writers, followed by scattered financial quotes and notices. The page includes an Oxford races notice dated August and stock market figures, plus an ad for a powder claimed to treat stones and rheumatic pains. It also describes a device to stop horse theft and a coachmaker project with a Royal warrant.
Advertisements note Reading races scheduled for July on the 4th 8th and 9th have been postponed to August 2nd and 23rd to avoid clashing with a neighboring event. The same sums will be run as previously advertised.
The notice announces two race plates at Bicester Plain in Oxfordshire on Tuesday September 11. A Thirty Pound Plate for horses carrying ten stone across three four-mile heats requires one guinea entry for subscribers and three for non subscribers. On Wednesday a separate Plate by Galloway for fourteen hands high is offered with two guineas entry and a twenty pound prize, non entries barred.
On Wednesday the 8th of August in Leighton Bedfordshire horses race for twenty guineas and a separate purse of fifty guineas on the same course. Entry costs one guinea with noon contributions, and non contributors pay extra. If a single horse runs only one purse, it may be withdrawn after eight and twenty guineas are allotted. admission is limited to entrants deemed running horses by Edward Walker, Clerk of the Course. An ordinary is held daily at the Swan Inn and a ladies ball is planned for Thursday.
A Tuesday event planned near AGS Weighpool Court in Montgomery County offers purses of Ten Fifteen and Twenty Guineas for mix of running horses and mares. Subscriptions set entry fees, weights, and conditions with bettors paying one Guinea for benefit of second best. Race week limits and keeping horses within Pootseven towns specified.
Stamford apothecary John Rogers promotes OLEUM ARTHRITICUM as a universal external remedy for the goat. He cites cures since February 1732 3 and states extensive availability from London to Norwich and Ely. Bottled in four-ounce Flint bottles at 7s 6d with directions, he invites buyers nationwide and promises encouragement for prompt delivery.
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