352 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book VI. 



" On Thursday [April 3] thear was a great Horse- 

 race on the Heath for a cupp, where his Majesty was 

 present, and stood on a scaffold the Citie had 

 Lincoln. caused to be set up,* and withall caused the 

 race a quarter of a mile longe to be raled 

 and corded with rope and hoopes on both sides, where- 

 by the people were kept out, and the horses that ronned 

 were seen faire. 



"On Friday there was a great Hunting, and a Race 

 by the horses which rid the seat for a golden snaffle ; 

 and a race by three Irishmen and an Englishman, all 

 which his Majesty did behold. The Englishman 

 wonne the race." f 



The following entry occurs under date March 6, 

 16 1 6-1 7 in the MS. archives of the City of Salisbury, 



y^y^ from which we learn that the old regulations 

 Salisbury. fQj- the races there were duly observed at 

 this time, and that this sporting corporation had insti- 

 tuted coursing on their famous Plain and gave a gold 

 bell to the winning dog : — 



" March 6. Mr. Mayor hath received the golden 

 horse bell, the golden dog bell, the golden snaffle, and 



* If the city of Lincoln erected the royal stand, it seems the king had 

 to pay for it : — 



" For makinge ready at Lincolne for his ma"" eighte dayes, a dyn- 

 ninge roume there for the lordes twoe dayes, the Church there three 

 several! tymes sixe dayes, the Bishoppes house for his ma"° to dyne at 

 twoe dayes, for a Cockfightinge there twoe dayes, for a ffencynge there 

 twoe dayes, for twoe playes there fower dayes, for a staudinge to 

 see the horserace twoe dayes ; in all by the space of xxviij dayes mensbz 

 marcij et Aprilis 1616 & 1617 xxvij" x" viij''." — Exchequer L.T.R., Ward- 

 robe Aces. Treasurer of the Chamber, series I., box G., bundle 5, m. 5, 

 MS., P.R.O. 



t MS., Bodleian Lib., Oxon. 



