…At home all day and pretty busy: This day the King’s Plate was run for on Lewes Downs when the following horses started: the Duke of Grafton’s bay horse Havanna, who won the two first heat; Mr Beaver’s bay horse Young Blank, distanced the first heat; Mr Osbaldestone’s bay mare Dismal, who came in 2nd both heats. In the evening read part of the 3rd volume of The Tatler.