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ALDENHAM RACES.■• . '* «As the late fports* at.this place have been grofsly, and malignantly mifreprefen ted, we mu ft obferve that they were not only conduced with the greaceft propriety, and afforded a fund of innocent entertainment, but they proved exceedingly beneficial to the inhabitants, who exprcficd great defire thatthey might be annually repeated, which now probably will be the cafe,There’were two heats among , fix Gentlemen, riding their own horfcs, for 25 guineas each. There was one heat for 50 guineas, and a Sweepitakes for 70I.Thcfe, with a race by Women for a Holland Smock, given by a Gentleman in the neighbourhood, and Jumping in Sacks fora Go'd-lac’d Hat, formed the whole of the fports of the field.After which, upwards of fifty Gentlemen:dined together at the Queen’s Head, in Stanmcre, where an excellent dinner, excellent wines, and much conviviality, made the hours pafs very pleaiantly.1 he Stewards were particularly attentive in conducing the entertainments of the day, nor was their politeneis unQbferved or unthanked';
Newspaper Details
Morning Post and Daily Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Sep 02, 1791
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Peter R.
UK 22 Jan 2020
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