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Chelmsford Races 1763 August Entries and Events
Chelmsford races begin August 3 with a purse of fifty pounds for horses up to four years old that have not won five pounds. The event is a best of three two mile heats. August 4 features a fifty pound purse for hunters who never won a dare and have not started for hunters places, best of three four mile heats. Kennels open at Red Ladry before running. Arrangements by Lieut. General Hangwood, Richard Hoare, Neate. Ball and ordinary for ladies and gentlemen, music and a ball on the second day. Tickets five shillings. Saddles and weights available from the Clerk of the Course. No liquor sales or shoeing by non-subscribers on course. no horse standing at subscriber houses.
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Chelmsford
Tonesiday
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Red Ladry
Elree
Cave
Hangwood
Richard Hoare
MacKoburn
Bedford
Jockey Club
Newmarket
C. Thar
Orses
Becdford
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Duke of Beeford
Duke of Bedford
John Crawley
Mareborough
Roy
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Marlborough
Three Tuns Inn
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Horfes
Robert Brace
King’s Head
Eich
Birmingham
Stratford
Heber
Hester
Kerral Moor
Néic
Hever
Marchratt
Thomas Birch
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Francis Molley
Oxford
Port-Mecadow
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Hossessen
Les Chan
Flower-de-Luce
Town Hall
Coure
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