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is not stated, nor is it noted that the horse was 

 thorough-bred. 



A.D. 1731 : On April i or 2, at Newmarket, Lord 

 Portmore's Whipper-Snapper beat Mr. Fleet- 

 wood's chestnut horse in a match of four miles, 

 ca.vrY'\^g Jifteen stone each. 



A.D. 1731 : The human biped arrived at the 

 dignity of having his prowess, displayed upon 

 Newmarket Heath, recorded in the 'Account of 

 all those Matches that have been run at New- 

 market,' whence it appears that at the May 

 meeting ' Mr. Phillips won the foot match against 

 Mr. Bray, play or pay, four miles, 100 guineas' 

 (though, unfortunately, no ' clocking ' is recorded); 

 and that, at the October meeting, ' Thomas 

 Butler, running-footman to the Earl of Sunder- 

 land, walked six miles and four hundred yards 

 within the hour, for 50 guineas,' Many a man 

 would do it now for half the money. 



A.D. 1731 : February 7, not on any race-course, 

 there took place a match which is very interest- 

 ing as an example of what a horse (not neces- 

 sarily a great race-horse, or a race-horse at all, and 

 not necessarily thorough-bred) was expected to do. 

 Sir Robert Fagge, or Fagg, the then representa- 



