Burford Races at Oxfordshire King’s Plate Events Begin Week
Burford races in Oxfordshire offer Majesty's Plate of one hundred guineas on Tuesday June 24 with horses aged five and older entered by June 20. A purse of fifty pounds for four year old horses runs Wednesday, followed by a fifty pound free-for-all on Thursday for five to six year olds and aged horses. Stakes and conditions hinge on certificates of age and entries judged by the court and stewards.
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Oxfordshire
His Majesty
Isre-Ders
Duke of Marlborough
Runniig
C. Bhat
Heber
Preston
Lancashire
Wilam Dawson
Ifa
Thomas Clifton
Thomas Braddyll
Loni Scrargy
Elwant Dicconson
Atile
Psaaby
Boyer
Worcester Races 1763 Purse and Hunter Purse Events
Worcester races on August 3rd and 4th 1763 feature purses totaling eighty pounds for five to six year old horses and a fifty pound hunters event for county freeholders. Entries require subscriptions, with multiple heats three to four miles long. Details cover weights, entry fees, certificates, and post race ceremonies at the Unicorn Broad Street Langtyn’s Meadmeath or Rein Deer and the Star and Garter Foregate Street. A ball at the Guildhall and public breakfasts are noted. subscriptions must include at least one guinea.
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Worcester
X&c
Don
Lor Foley
County of
Humphry Moore
Unicorn
Broad-Street
Stephen Langityn
Meathheaven-Street
Thomas Ashton
Star and Garcer
Foregate-Screet
Guildhall
Hooper’s
Preston Races: Summer Meeting with Fifty Pound Prizes
In Preston Lancashire on June 27 to 28 horse races are announced with fifty pound purses for various age groups and heats. Entries due a day before at William Dawson’s Inn The Lion in Preston with subscriptions of one guinea. Additional races and a cock fight main are noted with stakes and conditions for entrants and payments to officials.
Sale of horses and estate at Hyde Park and Gloucestershire
Auction notices offer five year old chafant mare by Shepherds Crab and a brown eight year old mare with Arabian and Duce lineage, both with prices of twenty five and twenty guineas respectively. Also listed are a sale of high bred mares colts and nags at Hyde Park and a freehold estate at Oddington Gloucestershire, with viewing starting Monday and sale at eleven. Details and contacts provided for Cirencester.
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Shepherd's Crab
Duke of Kinziton
Ami
Blanks
Cullen Arabian
Duce
Grandam
Grat Grandam
Fox
Bay Bo'ton
Cear
Fourceen
Spartacor
Heber Lo
Poxp
Merry
Wark Lane
Hyde Park Warner
Little Driver
George Stephenson
Richard Vernon
Driver and Gustavus Excluded From Guilford Race 1752
The text describes horses Driver and Gustavus excluded from a Guilford race in 1752 due to superior form. It details lineage of Driver and others, notable sires and mares, and notes on breeding stock. It advertises a lottery with 350,000 tickets and prize structures, with tickets sold at Northumberland House, Charing Cross.
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Meif
Rico Hampson
Waters
Osite
Northumberland House
Charing Cross
N.B
N. B
Freehold Estate Frek Mantle-Park to be Sold by Court Decree
To be sold a freehold estate called Frek Mantle Park with a park and farm buildings, 316 acres of arable and pasture, well watered, near London, plus an undivided fourth part of two farms and of the tithes of Samfordham, Northumberland. Sale by decree of the High Court of Chancery before Master Richard Edwards at Symonds Inn on the 2nd June between 5 and 6 pm. Further particulars from Med Pop ham and Lancer at New Inn.
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Frek_MANTLE-Park
Hans
Francis Cottington
Rick Maution
Manhon
Med. Popham and Lancer
New Inn
London
Freemintle Park
Bath
Salisbury
Salisbury, Six Fromt Ealingstoke
Newbury
Reading
Lecree
High Court of Chancery
Richard Edwars
Symonds Inn
Chancery Lane
Samfordham
Northumberland
Scamfordham
Richard Darby
Gray’s Inn
Various European Notices Reported Across Cities
Yesterday the mails arrived from Holland France and Flanders with dispatches from Moscow Vienna Prague and Berlin. The news covers Polish envoy credence issues with the imperial court Polish settlement plans in Bertiny and a king of the Romans election before year end. Also noted are British Legion ranks, Brunswick heir’s health, a Russian memorial on Courland, and Dublin harbor channel works with Irish civic elections in sight. A Scottish hoist closes the fragment with a sailor’s last service aboard.
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Holland
France
Flanders
Moscow
M. de Borck
Poland
Vienne
Prague
Belin
Diefen
Bertiny
Beckwith
Hanover
Prince of
Brunswick
Aix La-Chapelle
Hezuc
Russia
Borch
Courland
Paris
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Hyde Park Corner
Lattle Driver
Lincoln
Sleaford
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Bourn
Peterborough
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Bushopsgate Street
Lonidan
Gracechurch Street
Royal Exchange
St.Gorce Normay
Bishopsgate Street
William
Ham Common
Richmond
Edward Dixon
Holnell
Long Burton
Dorsetshire
Sherborne
Wharton
Boswell Court
Carey-Stree
Oddington
Stow
Wold
Gloucestershire
Wiliam Grayhurst
Cirencester
Gloucettershirs
Henry Waithre
William Chappell
Nottingham
Job Brough
Newarke Upon
Trent
Paress
Leicester
Watkinson
Loughborough
Mr. Jackson
Furnival’s Inn
Driver
Duke of
Dvonshire
Dlying Chuilters
Grantham
Duke of Rutland
Bercy Percival
Leeds
Oxiver
Sol
Burford
Gustavus
Guilford
Flare
Epsom
Ac Barner
George Beauclerk
John Harvie
Creawlier
Brent
Devon
Great Britain
Plymouth Dock Barracks
William Adair
Efin Pall Mall
Lotterry
Foxp
Lady Conyers
Deceas
Hous Ac
Great Stoughton
Kimbolton
Huntingdonshire
Karon
St. Ned’s
George and Crown
Hastingdon
Mr. Allam
Maddox Serzer
Hinever Square
D. Corke
Black-rock
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Lords Justices
Privy Council
Commons
Tholfel
Scotland
Edinburgh
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