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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 26, 1733
Page
3
A historic notice invites entries for a series of Hampstead Heath races from June 4 to 8. Purse values range up to twenty guineas with various weight and height limits for horses, mares, and geldings. Entry fees apply, with stables and conditions listed, plus daily cocking at Duke Hamilton’s Head.
Races run on Wednesday Thursday and Friday at Wordsteck Park Oxfordshire with purses of fifty guineas a Bucks plate ten stone weight and a plate valued at 19 pounds offering rewards and co starters. Entry fees include one guinea per horse with a 16s subscription at the horse owner’s house. Cockfighting noted each morning during the racing period.
Notice proclaims the Rose and Crown in Sudbury Suffolk now occupied by Samuel Lawfell formerly of the Angel Inn. Accommodations for man and horse available at the inn with civil customs expected. The Braintrey Stagecoach to London continues twice weekly as before.
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