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CHAPTER X. 



We will now look at the characteristic of 

 another match maker against time, but of a far 

 different sort, for, if he makes such matches, 

 it is his own powers he taxes. — The Pedestrian. — 

 Pedestrian matches have not onl}^ been patronised 

 by, but performed by, men of all classes ; from 

 those for whose character we feel every possible 

 respect down to those entitled to a very small 

 share of it ; from Captain Barclay, Walking 

 Powell, Captain Fearman, and many other 

 gentlemen, to the humble competitor for prizes 

 at the (late) Flora Gardens, Bayswater, or 

 Copenhagen Fields. We have them in point 

 of attribute from Curley the Flying Brighton 



