Exeter Flying Post, Modbury wrestling advertisement (1816)

MODBURY, DEVON. TO be WRESTLED FOR, at Modbury, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 11th and 12th days of June, 1816, the following PRIZES, viz. SEVEN POUNDS for the best man, TWO POUNDS for the second best, a handsome GOLD LACED HAT for the third best, and Seven Shillings for every other Standard. The play to begin by one o’clock. Every Wrestler will have fair play allowed by impartial sticklers. Dated Modbury, 26th May, 1816.