Sentence:  Besides these Plates, the <WSD>Wagers</WSD> may be as the Persons please among themselves, but the Horses must be evidenced by good Testimonies to have been bred in Ireland. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.