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remarkable, is, that he rode principally hack horses 

 from the Swan Inn of that town. 



The following is the time in which he rode. 



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Thus, the first 100 miles were performed in five 

 hours and five minutes, notwithstanding he met 

 with a fall, was once obliged to change his horse 

 as he became too restive, and was run away with 

 a considerable distance out of the course. 



Having good authority for the genuineness of the 

 following anecdote, we do not hesitate to give it 

 place here, as highly characteristic of the " ruling 

 passion strong in death." Sir Charles Bunbury's 

 training groom being at the point of death imme- 

 diately before Epsom races, where his favourite 

 mare Eleanor was to run, both for the Derby and 

 Oaks', his relations sent for a clergyman, in order 

 that he might receive the consolations of religion. 

 Upon that gentleman's arrival he soon perceived 



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