Pedestrianism: Mr. Clewes’s Ground, Leicester: On Saturday last the first heats for the Messrs. Smith and Cayless’s £10 Leicestershire Handicap were run on this ground. There were 114 entries, including some of the best pedestrians in the district. … … The following is the result of the running: … Heat 2: – J. Townsend, 16; W. Hill, 15; J. Pinsent, 13; J. Wells, 9 ¾, a very close race, won by Hill … (continues with 23 heats) …
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GRO0501 Tiverton: John Pinsent: 1836 – 1899