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a horse called Quidnunc, after it had done sixty- 

 miles by nine o'clock, and then tired ; so that 

 he rode one hundred and sixty miles that day, 

 finishing at about eleven o'clock at night, which 

 was the latest hour during the whole performance. 

 This undertaking must have been much more diffi- 

 cult for the rider than for the horses. The course 

 was from Hare park to the ditch, making three 

 miles ; thence he went a three mile course round 

 the flat, on that side the ditch next Newmarket. 

 Posts and lamps were put up, as Mr. Woodcock 

 chose to start very early in the mornings, to avoid 

 the heat of the day. 



