six in the evening
Hence with those monstrous features , and , O ! spare That Gorgon 's look , and petrifying stare . In a late paper , I mentioned the project of an ingenious author for the erecting of several handicraft prizes to be contended for by our British artisans , and the influence they might have towards the improvement of our several manufactures . I have since that been very much surprised by the following advertisement , which I find in the _ Post-boy _ of the 11th instant , and again repeated in the _ Post-boy _ of the 15th : -- `` On the 9th of October next will be run for upon Coleshill-heath , in Warwickshire , a plate of six guineas value , three heats , by any horse , mare , or gelding that hath not won above the value of 5 pounds , the winning horse to be sold for 10 pounds , to carry 10 stone weight , if 14 hands high ; if above or under , to carry or be allowed weight for inches , and to be entered Friday , the 5th , at the Swan in Coleshill , before six in the evening . Also , a plate of less value to be run for by asses . The same day a gold ring to be grinn 'd for by men . '' The first of these diversions that is to be exhibited by the 10 pounds race-horses , may probably have its use ; but the two last , in which the asses and men are concerned , seem to me altogether extraordinary and unaccountable .