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of Queensberry ( ( Old Q.') will never be for- 

 gotten by the sporting world ; for whether 

 we consider his judgment, his ingenuity, 

 his invention, or his success, he was one of 

 the most distinguished characters on the 

 English turf. His horse Dash, by Florizel, 

 bred by Mr. Vernon, beat Sir Peter Teazle 

 over the six-mile course at Newmarket for 

 one thousand guineas, having refused five 

 hundred forfeit; 1 also his late majesty's 

 Don Quixote, the same distance and for the 

 same sum; and, during the year 1789, he 

 won two other one thousand-guinea matches, 

 the last against Lord Barrymore's High- 

 lander, eight stone seven pounds each, 

 three times round the round course j or very 

 nearly twelve miles ! His carriage match, 

 nineteen miles in one hour, with the same 

 horses, and those four of the highest bred 

 ones of the day, was undoubtedly a great 

 undertaking, nor do we believe it has ever 

 been exceeded. His singular bet of con- 

 veying a letter fifty miles within an hour, 

 was a trait of genius in its line. The MS. 

 being enclosed in a cricket ball, and handed 



1 Dash carried six stone seven pounds. Sir Peter nine 

 stone. 



