422 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. 



In 1827, General Oudinot rode on a trot at Saumur, on his mare, 28 kilome- 

 tres in 65 minutes. (De Curnieu.) 



Two years later, Rattler, an American horse, was engaged to trot over a dis- 

 tance of 10 miles (16 kilometres, 90 metres), which he accomplished in 30 

 minutes and 40 seconds. (Youatt.) 



Tom Thumb, harnessed to a sulky of 50 kilogrammes, with a driver weigh- 

 ing about 60 kilogrammes, trotted the distance of 100 miles (160 kilometres, 900 

 metres) in 10 hours and 3 minutes, which is more than 40 leagues ! The time 

 taken for feeding having been about 37 minutes, the 100 miles were actually 

 travelled in 9 hours. (Youatt.) 



At the gallop, if the distance has reached 6 kilometres, and the 

 speed is very great, the test may be considered one of distance, of 

 endurance. Sometimes the trials are made successively with several 

 horses, and then the distance is long ; sometimes one horse accomplishes 

 the whole distance alone, and this is the most common. Here are some 

 remarkable examples : 



In 1755, Bay-Malton ran 4 miles (6437 metres) in 7 minutes and 43 seconds. 

 (Youatt.) 



Flying-Childers, the fastest horse of his time, had a few years previous run 

 6761 metres in 7 minutes and 30 seconds. (Youatt.) 



A similar speed was shown by Ten Broeck, an American horse, which ran 

 in 1876, in Louisville, Kentucky, 4 miles (6437 metres) in 7 minutes and 15 

 seconds. 



In 1847, Renard, 11 years old, and carrying 64.500 kilogrammes, ran over a 

 distance of 9000 metres in 15 minutes and 35 seconds, at Aries. 



In December, 1786, Hull's Quibler ran 23 miles, which is a little more than 

 37 kilometres, in 57 minutes and 10 seconds, upon the circular race-course at 

 Newmarket. (Youatt.) 



In 1771, Wilde, in Ireland, with ten horses, rode in the saddle the distance of 

 127 miles (207 kilometres, 743 metres) in 6 hours and 21 minutes. (Youatt.) 



In 1745, Thornhill accomplished more than this : he rode with several horses 

 230 miles, more than 370 kilometres (92 leagues), in 6 hours and 21 minutes. 

 (Youatt.) 



In 1762, Shaftoe rode on ten horses, five of which were mounted twice, a 

 distance of 50 miles (80 kilometres, 874 metres) in 1 hour and 49 minutes. 



The following year, in 1763, he wagered to ride on horseback 100 miles a 

 day (more than 160 kilometres) for 29 days, with twenty-nine horses of his own 

 choice. He won this bet by using only fourteen horses, and one day he was 

 obliged to ride 160 miles (more than 250 kilometres) on account of the ex- 

 haustion of his first horse. (Youatt.) 



Exotic won at Peterborough a race of four successive trials of 4 miles each, or 

 16 miles in all (25.744 kilometres). 



Finally, to end this enumeration, we will also mention a few more 

 extraordinary feats performed by exceptional subjects, and in which the 

 gait employed has been alternately the gallop, the trot, or the walk. 



