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ALDENHAM RACES.■• . '* «As the late fports* at.this place have been jjfrofsly, and malignantly jufreprefen ted, we mu ft ohferve that they were not only conduced with the greateft 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 pro-bably 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.Thcle, 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 con-dufling the entertainments of the day, nor was their politeneis unQbferved or unthankedi
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Morning Post and Daily Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Sep 02, 1791
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Peter R.
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