Newbury Races Postponed to June at the Wash Course
Racing at Newbury in Berkshire shifts to June Thirteen to Fifteen with three Plates on a four mile course. The Gentlemen's Subscription Purse of thirty pounds, a Give and Take Plate of ten pounds, and Hunters Plate of fifteen pounds invite entries by two oaths and weights. Registration closes with agents at the Globe in Newbury. Subscriptions, admission, and rules govern sums and eligibility amidst Cock-Fighting, an Ordinary, and nightly Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbury
Berkshire
Joh Beale the Younger
William Pions
George Calverley
Speenhamland
Cock Match Proposed Between Shropshire and War Gentlemen
A notice dated in June announces a great cock match at the Crown in High Town Shropshire. On the main event both sides weigh forty one cocks, with a prize of three thousand guineas and two hundred for the odd battle. A secondary bye battle features twenty one cocks per side with four guineas per fight.
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Cetenor
Shropshire
Warwi
Clerkenwell
Esther Wardley
Lefe
Mary. Stone
Wardley
Manchester
Stone
Clay
John Clarke
Newgate-street
Warwick Lane
Newgate
IAS
Ayfon
Joan Fiores
Tavistock-street
Covent
Garden
Pouhorn
Alexander Hay
Ce Spa
Hounslow Race Week Opens With Purse Contests At Heath
Racing weeks begin in Hounslow Heath with a series of purses on July 7 13 14 and 15. Entries close at the Red Lyon Inn New Brentford with conditions for each heat including ages weights and entrance fees. There will also be morning cockfighting at the Old George Inn with bets and a town liquor subscription rule.
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Hounslow
Hounslow-Heath
Port
Red- Lyon Inn
New Brentford
Old George Inn
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Cato
Thomas Moore
St. Martin’s Lane
St. Martin In the Fields
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Strand
Tote
Epping
Essex
Asbby de la Laund
Lincolnshire
Lincoln Heath
Sleeford
Lincoln
Page
Will’s Coffee-howse
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Law
Grantham
James Darcy
Ashby
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Ipswich
Suffolk
Wood
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James Toogood
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Thomas Reading
Atcorney
Sarum
Staines
Middlesex
London
Windor
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Thames
Bailey
James Street
Long
Henry Palmere
Twickenham
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Arnold
Horfe
St. Margaret’s Hill
Poulion
Furest
Liege
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Scarborough
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