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… of the club as all the club records were destroyed by fire in 1825). It was later to move twice and ended up in its present location in 1813. Image Legend After Francis Hayman, 'A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone … of the Articles). There were no judges in those days, but any argument had to be referred to the noblemen and gentlemen present, including, on occasion, to the king. William III upheld the royal tradition at Newmarket, which he visited … Eighteenth Century (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2018), p. 12. 7 . By 1770, there were thirty-six days of racing, representing, in Huggins’s calculations, 70 per cent of all prize money in 1771. Perhaps because it was an exclusive …
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