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Welsh mare, so he took a trip down to Wales with 

 some friends, and they tried several good Welsh cobs, 

 with the watch in hand, but it was difficult to find one 

 who could trot ten miles in 30 minutes, for that was the 

 old Welsh mare's time, up steep hills and down. 



Eventually the publican and his friends heard of a 

 fast black trotting mare that had been on the track, but 

 was a better road mare, so they journeyed many miles to 

 see her. Upon their arrival they partook of refreshments 

 and duly viewed the mare. When one of the friends 

 saw the mare he said, " Why, that's the saucy lady I 



had at ; she is no good. Waste of time coming 



here." The owner, upon hearing this remark, offered 

 to drive them 10 miles inside of 30 minutes for £100 wager. 



This challenge somewhat puzzled the gentleman who 

 knew the mare, for he had had her only for track-racing, 

 and she was only trained for a mile race and proved her- 

 self no good for the track. She was also erratic. It ap- 

 peared that several of her various owners had grown tired 

 of her, but her present owner only used her for a trapper, 

 and had discovered that she was a great stayer and 

 very fast. After the first five or six miles he found that 

 she could trot the seventh mile in 2 mins. 45 sees., 

 providing the road at that particular place was level and 



not loose, and ordinarily she could trot a mile in 3 mins. 



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