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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 26, 1760
Page
2
July events in Port Meadow feature purses from fifty to five hundred guineas for four and five year old horses and aged entries. Features include four mile heats, two mile heats, a sweepstakes, and a cock fight during the race, with entrance fees paid by subscribers and houses in Huntingdon.
The notice sets out September races at Northampton on a four mile heath course with purses of fifty pounds and sixty pounds, entries at the Red Lion Inn, subscriber and non subscriber fees, weights for four to aged horses, other conditions, selling of winners, and rules for the two last purses including entry fees and clocks. It specifies certificates of age, entry deadlines, penalties, and race-day gate charges. April 11, 1760.
To cover this season at Sparrows Sutton and Three Guneas a half crown die servant Constantine bred by the Vice Roy of Constan tine fronts Numidia. Judges rate him the finest horse in the kingdom. A certificate will follow from the gentleman who received him in England. A four year old colt, owned by Jennison Shaftoe Wy, defeated Parker's mare in a 100 guinea match on May 26.
Major Murray reports to Pitt that Quebec was besieged by 15,000 but British counterattack on the Heights of Abraham drove the enemy from the land. The 27th siege forces included Amherst, Townshend, and Highlanders. 3,000 British halted the assault after heavy casualties. News notes Captain Schomberg and Commodore Swanton later arrived with dispatches from Quebec.
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