When we enjoyed horse racing in Southampton
Horse racing had been popular in Southampton from 1791, when the nobility and gentry enjoyed meetings at Shirley, Stoneham, and Netley Common.
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Race meets on Southampton Common were a hive of criminal activity
IT was the day after the traditional summer race meeting on Southampton Common and the police court's agenda was taken up with the usual vagabonds and ne'er do wells, some of whom had specifically travelled from as far afield as London, for nefarious purposes. Such was the expectation of business that a well above average number of magistrates had been summoned to dispense justice. However, one defendant was unusual - a racecourse official for allegedly launching a vicious assault on a woman who had been driven in a horse drawn coach and horses from Portsmouth with several friends for the...
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