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Huntingdon Races at Port Meadow July Purse details
A historic notice describes two July race purses at Port Meadow Huntingdon. Four and six year old horses compete in best of three heats of four miles with entry rules, fees, and weights. The document also reports the capture of a criminal, Garrick Taylor, implicated in highway robberies and in Bedford Gaol.
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Lewes
Lewes Downs
Sussex
de Grass
Verrall
Duke of Newcastle
Mure
Rhat
Cen Stone
Huntingdon
Port Meadow
County of
Thomas Jeyes
William Taylor
Garrick Taylor
Wooborn
Bedfort
William Clowes
John
Cheffam
Paalley
Bucks
Wigginton Common
Taylor
Great Berkhamstead
Tring
Birmingham
Wigginton
Blowes
Buckingham Fair
Waddon
County of Bucks
Wendover
Oxford
Dunstable
Sandon
Shertnall
Bedfordshire
Baldock
Hertfordshire
Bedford Gaol
Gabler
Reading
Ballmarsh-Hearth
Berks
Bat
Mitre Tavern