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whole, fifteen hours.' He * used six horses and 

 won, for 200 guineas, ;^2,ooo himself, and many 

 wagers more.' (Luttrell's ' Correspondence,' quoted 

 by Mr. J. P. Hore. It appears that the betting 

 was 10 to I against the feat, which it will be 

 instructive to compare with Mr. Osbaldeston's, 

 A.D. 1 83 1. Particulars as to Mr. Norden's weight 

 and the sort of horses he rode are unfortunately not 

 given.) 



*A.D. 1698 : King William III. ran a horse 

 (rider unknown) against a horse of the Duke of 

 Somerset's (rider unknown), April 9, at New- 

 market, for two tkotisand g\i\n^2iS (? a side), distance 

 and weights unknown. (Notable as an instance 

 of heavy betting on the part of the austere King 

 William.) 



*A.D. 1699 : Lord Wharton's Careless (sire of 

 the dam of Flying Childers and of the dam of 

 Hobgoblin) won a match (six miles) against an 

 unnamed horse, weights unknown, for ^1,900 

 a side. (Notable for the distance, the stakes, and 

 the fact that the named horse is mentioned in 

 Lord Macaulay's ' History of England.') 



*A.D. 1699 • Honeycomb Punch (by the Taffolet 

 [Tafilet], alias the Morocco, Barb) won a match 



