Pedestrianism: Mr. Clewes’s Victoria Grounds, Knighton Road, Leicester: On Saturday afternoon, the deciding heats for Mr. Smith’s £10 Handicap, of 115 yards, were run on these grounds. … Heat 5, Pincent 16 1/2; Ferrar 14; Joseph Clarke, 15; Were, 16 1/2. This was also a good start, Pincent leading for nearly halfway, when Ferrar and Were, who were very level passed him, and kept well together to the distance. Were’s galop being put on he got the best of the struggled, winning half a yard. Much doubt was felt about the final from the fact that all the heats had been run in such close time, it was difficult to decide who had done best. …
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GRO0501 Tiverton: John Pinsent: 1836 – 1899