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The sporting calendar: containing an account of the plates, matches, and sweepstakes, run for in Great Britain, and Ireland, &c. in the year 1774. With a true Abstract of all the Matches, &c. made at present to be run at Newmarket, from the Craven Meeting, 1775, to 1779; and all other Matches, &c. to be run at the different Places in England. By Thomas Fawconer. Vol. VI.
Fawconer, Thomas.Date: 1775?]- Books
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The sporting calendar: containing an account of the plates, matches, and sweepstakes that have been run for in Great Britain, Ireland, and Jamaica. In the year 1773. With a true Abstract of all the Matches, &c. made at present, to be run at Newmarket, from the Craven Meeting 1773, to 1778; together with many other Matches, and Sweepstakes, &c. at other Places. By Thomas Fawconer. Vol. V.
Fawconer, Thomas.Date: 1774?]- Books
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The sporting kalendar. Containing A distinct Account of what Plates and Matches have been run for in 1751, An Article for making a Newmarket Match, A Description of a Post and Handy-Cap Match, A Table shewing what Weight Horses are to carry for the Give and Take Plates; and of what Matches have been Run for at Newmarket, from October the 1st, 1718, to October 1751, &c. By John Pond.
Pond, John.Date: [1751]- Books
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The sporting calendar: containing an account of the plates, matches, and sweepstakes, run for in Great Britain, Ireland, France, &c. in the year, 1776. With a True Abstract of all Matches, &c. made at present to be run at Newmarket, from the Craven Meeting, 1777, to 1781. And Many other Matches, &c. to be run at different Places in England. By Thomas Fawconer, At the Temple-Exchange Coffee-House, Fleet-Street; Successor to the late Heber. Vol. Viii.
Fawconer, Thomas.Date: 1777?]- Books
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The tricks of the town laid open: or, a companion for country gentlemen: being the substance of seventeen letters from a gentleman in London to his friend in the country, to dissuade him from coming to town. Wherein is contain'd, The Humorous Frauds, Tricks, and Cheats of Tennis-Courts, Bowling-Greens, Play-Houses, Gaming-Houses, Bawdy-Houses, Cock-Matches, Horse-Races, Foot-Matches, &c. With the Characters of a Beau, Gamester, Bully, Setter, Spunger, and a Sot. Also, General Reflections on the Manners and Humours of the Town, with a Description of the present State of it.
Gentleman at London, active 1746.Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]- Books
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An historical list, of all Horse-Matches Run, and of all plates and prizes run for in England and Wales (of the Value of Ten Pounds or upwards) in 1728. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses, that have Run, as above, and the Names and Colours of the said Horses also. With The Winner distinguished of every Match, Plate, Prize or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, Size, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a list also of all the Principal Cock-Matches, of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]- Archives and manuscripts
Souvenir programmes of banquet and hockey matches
Date: 1912-1913Reference: RAMC/1907/3Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Books
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The tricks of London laid open: being a true caution to both sexes in town and country. I. A General Reflection on the Town, with a Description of the present State of it. II. A Dissuasive against Idleness, with the Character of a Sot. III. The Character of a Beau and a Gamester. IV. The Humours, Customs, and Tricks of the Playhouse, are discovered and exposed. V. The Tricks of Cockers, Cock Matches, and the Cheats of Horse-Races and Foot Matches are discovered. VI. The Villainy of Money droppers is exposed, and the roguish Methods they take to impose on Countrymen. Vii. The Tricks of Bawds and Whores are detected, with a Description of a Bawdy House, and the Art of Trapping. Viii. The Character of a Bully, Setter, and Spunger. IX. Particular Observations and Reflections upon several distinct Occurrences of the Town, &c. &c.
Date: [1785?]- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches run, and of plates and prizes, run for in Great Britain in 1749. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses, &c. which have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished, of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes. The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a list also of the Principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M,DCC,XLIX. [1749]- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches run, and of plates and prizes run for in Great Britain and Ireland in 1743. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses that have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a List also of the principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches run, and of plates and prizes, run for in Great Britain and Ireland in 1747. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses which have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished, of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes. The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a List also of the principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XLVII. [1747]- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches run, and of plates and prizes, run for in Great Britain in 1750. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses, &c. which have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished, of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes. The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a list also of the Principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M,DCC,LI. [1751]- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches run, and of plates and prizes, run for in Great Britain and Ireland in 1746. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses which have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished, of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a List also of the Principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches run, and of plates and prizes, run for in Great Britain and Ireland in 1748. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses which have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished, of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes. The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a List also of the principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M,DCC,XLIIVI [i.e. 1748]- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches run, and of plates and prizes run for in Great Britain and Ireland in 1742. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses that have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a list also of the principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XLII. [1742]- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches run, and of plates and prizes run for in Great Britain and Irelaud [sic] in 1741. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses that have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a List also of the principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XLI. [1741]- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches run, and of plates and prizes run for in Great Britain and Ireland in 1744. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses that have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a List also of the principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches run, and of plates and prizes run for in Great Britain and Ireland in 1745. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses that have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a List also of the Principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XLV. [1745]- Books
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The Sporting kalendar. Containing A distinct Account of what Plates and Matches have been run for in 1752, An Article for making a Newmarket Match, Certificates to prove the Qualification of a Horse, A Table shewing what Weight Horses are to carry for the Give and Take Plates, from Thirteen to Fifteen Hands high. The Measurement of the Roads taken from the mile Stones to Newmarket, Epsom, Guilford, Salisbury, Cirencester, Canterbury, Bath, York, &c. By John Pond.
Pond, John.Date: [1752]- Books
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An historical list of horse-matches run. And of plates and prizes run for in Great Britain and Ireland, in 1753. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses, that have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished of every Match, Plate, Prize or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, &c. and the Places in which the loosing Horses have come in. With A list also of the principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Loosers of them, &c. By Reginald Heber. Vol. III.
Heber, Reginald.Date: M.DCC.LIV. [1754]- Pictures
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An old lady selling matches, with boat masts in the background. Soft-ground etching, 1801.
Date: 1801Reference: 3410i- Books
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An historical list of all horse-matches run, and of all plates and prizes run for in England (of the Value of Ten Pounds or upwards) in 1738. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses that have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished of every Match Plate, Prize, or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, Size, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a list also of all the principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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An historical list of all horse-matches run, and of all plates and prizes run for in England (of the Value of Ten Pounds or upwards) in 1740. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses that have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, Size, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a List also of all the principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XL. [1740]- Books
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An historical list of all horse-matches run, and of all plates and prizes run for in England (of the Value of Ten Pounds or upwards) in 1739. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses that have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, Size, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a list also of all the principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]- Books
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An historical list of all horse-matches run, and of all plates and prizes run for in England (of the Value of Ten. Pounds or upwards) in 1735. Containing The Names of the Owners of the Horses that have Run as above, and the Names and Colours of the Horses also. With The Winner distinguished of every Match, Plate, Prize, or Stakes: The Conditions of Running, as to Weight, Age, Size, &c. and the Places in which the losing Horses have come in. With a list also of all the principal Cock-Matches of the Year above, and who were the Winners and Losers of them, &c. By John Cheny.
Cheny, John, active 1729-1750.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XXXV. [1735]