Rec’d of Joseph Fuller 1 loin of mutton weighing 5½ lbs at 3½ d a pound. My brother-in-law Sam Slater called on me in his road to Lewes Races, dined with me on some mutton chops broiled, a cold lamb’s heart and cucumbers, and at his desire after dinner I went with him to Lewes Races.
The give-and-take plate of fifty pounds was run for on Lewes Downs. The 5 following started for the same: Mr Wildman’s horse Gift, Mr Sparrow’s horse Venture, Lord Grosvenor’s mare Slammerkin, Mr Adams’s horse Cleveland and Mr Smith’s mare a Smiling Molly, which was won by Gift, he winning the 2nd and 3rd heats. Venture won the first, therefore was entitled to the stakes. Smiling Molly drew after the first heat, as did Cleveland and Slammerkin after the second, so that the third in heat was contested only by Venture and Gift, which was run nine minutes, and won very easily by Gift.
Meeting with my friend Mr Tipper on the hill, he and my brother Slater came home with me about 9:30, very sober. Spent today under:
| Turnpike | 0.0.2 |
| Myself | 0.0.2 |
My brother and Mr Tipper stayed all night. Rec’d of John Nutley the four guineas I lent him the 18th instant.