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thirteen seconds ; and three days later to two 

 minutes eleven and three-quarter seconds. Rest- 

 ing some days, Maud was again tried, and among 

 other times succeeded in trotting the mile in a 

 fraction of a second over the above, but went 

 marvellously in the last half-mile. Subsequently 

 to this she was shipped to Lexington, Kentucky, 

 and when she had covered the mile distance in two 

 minutes sixteen and a half seconds, it was decided 

 that three days hence she should endeavour to beat 

 her own great record. This she succeeded in 

 doing by trotting a mile in two minutes nine and 

 a half seconds; and a year later Maud made the 

 world's record two minutes eight and three- 

 quarter seconds. This is what no other horse 

 ever accomplished, and the interesting phase of the 

 situation is that the mare is even now in training 

 to beat her own splendid record given above. 



As compared to the rate of speed in animals, 

 those attained by man are interesting. A hundred 

 yards has been run in ten seconds ; two hundred 

 yards in twenty and two-fifths ; three hundred 

 yards in thirty-one and a half ; and a quarter of 

 a mile in forty-eight and four-fifths seconds, by 

 Messrs. A. Wharton, J. Shearman, C. G. Wood, 

 and L. E. Myers respectively. Mr. W. G. George 

 holds the championship for one mile and up to 

 ten miles ; his time for the former distance being 

 four minutes eighteen and two-fifths seconds, and 

 for the latter fifty-one minutes twenty seconds. 



