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" It is but justice to observe, that if the lady had been 

 better mounted, she could not have possibly failed of suc- 

 cess. Indeed, she laboured under every possible disadvan- 

 tage ; notwithstanding which, and the ungallant conduct of 

 Mr. Flint, she flew along the course with an astonishing 

 swiftness, conscious of her own superior skill; and would 

 ultimately have outstripped her adversary, but for the acci- 

 dent which took place." 



1822. — On the 16th of January, a match was decided 

 between Mr. Aldridge and Mr. Hall, horse-dealers, made at 

 the Tun, Jermyn Street, London, for five hundred pounds 

 a side ; the horses carried fourteen stone each. It took 

 place between the third and fourth mile-stones, near Hamp- 

 ton. Mr. HalFs was a chestnut mare, of fifteen hands two 

 inches high, and Mr. Aldridge's, a bay mare, a hand lower, 

 but a very fast goer. The former had been backed to do a 

 mile twenty seconds under three minutes, but bets were 

 ultimately settled as above. She performed this distance in 

 three minutes and two seconds ; although it is known that 

 in her exercises she had done it in two minutes and thirty 

 seconds. The rate of going that day was estimated at 

 thirty-nine feet in a second, whilst the Flying Childers ex- 

 ceeded it by thirty-five per cent., viz., forty-nine feet in a 

 second : all other swift horses went about forty-seven feet 

 in the second. 



ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE MOST REMARKABLE 



HORSES. 



THE DARLEY ARABIAN. 



This horse was procured from the deserts of Arabia by 

 Mr. Darley, a rich merchant, settled at Aleppo, and strict 

 reliance may be placed upon the purity of his blood. From 



