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Walker's brown mare Milkmaid, 'in running the 

 last heat' (that is, the third, twelve miles altogether), 

 ' came in so near together that it could not be 

 decided by the tryers.' But it was not run off, 

 because the riders had shown foul play, and had 

 fought on horseback, and the valuable plate was 

 given to the owner of the only other horse that 

 ran in that heat. 



A.D. 1719 : The Duke of Wharton paid 140 

 guineas forfeit in a match for 300 guineas (? a side) 

 at Newmarket, April 30 (which is noteworthy 

 because the Duke's galloway was to have carried 

 4 St. only to the 12 st. of Lord Hillsborough's 

 Fiddler, and the distance was to have been six 

 7}iiles. So that * feather-weights,' though com- 

 paratively rare, were already throwing ' their 

 shadow before '). 



A.D. 1 7 19: On November 3 the Duke of 

 Devonshire's bay mare by Basto beat Mr. Tre- 

 gonwell Frampton's Nutmeg, 8 st. 6 lb. each, in 

 a match, eight miles. (Notable for the distance.) 



A.D. 1720-1722 saw Newmarket Heath the 

 scene of ' pacing ' matches (now banished to the 

 other side of the Atlantic), sometimes over a 

 distance of twelve miles, under the auspices of 



