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does not, however, exactly agree with the ages of the horses as 

 recorded below. 



In Volume I., j^age IT, of the American Turf Kegister, I find 

 the following highly interesting letter ; 



Marietta, June 26, 1836. 

 " Mr. Editor, 



" Sir, — According to promise, you have an account of the 

 race run at Philadelphia in the year 1767, by Selim and other 

 horses. It is copied from the Maryland Gazette of Mr. Green, 

 October 22, 1767, by him taken from a Philadelphia paper. 



" ' On Tuesday last, the following horses started for the 

 gentlemen's subscription purse of 100 guineas. 



" ' Samuel Galloway, Esq., bay horse Selim ... 1 1 



" ' Mr. Lcary's bay horse Old England . . . .2 dist. 



• " ' Mr. Samuel's bay horse Granby . . . . 8 dr. 



" ' Mr. Andrew Orr's gray horse Northumberland . . . dist. 



" ' Tlie first heat was rnn in 8 min. 2 sec, Selim winning 

 from Old England by a single length. The second, after rnn- 

 ning three times round close at the heels of Selim, Old England 

 flew the course.' 



" The standard was 10 stone. Selim was then eight years 

 old and carried 140 lbs. full weight. Old England and North- 

 umberland were both imported. 



" It is believed that this running was never exceeded, if 

 equalled, in this country. To form a correct judgment of the 

 speed of a horse, the weight carried must always be recollected. 

 If, as the old and experienced sportsmen say, seven pounds are 

 equal to a distance, which is 240 yards, it follows that fourteen 

 pounds will make the difi'erence of 480 yards, a space which 

 would consume 22 seconds at the rate of running at Philadel- 

 phia. Deduct this from 8 minutes and 2 seconds and it leaves 

 7.30, in which this race would have run if the standard had 

 been nine stone, 126 lbs. I have never seen an account of a 

 race where the four miles were run in 7.30 minutes in the United 

 States. 



"Figure beat Selim in 1768, at Upper Marlborough, but 

 Selim was undoubtedly in bad condition, and had been lately 

 cured of distemper in the throat. He was certainly a capital 



