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owner for ^5 ; but he lived eight years longer, 

 and won about ^500 in matches. 



A.D. 1752-1753: Mr. (afterwards Sir Charles) 

 Turner, of Kirkleatham Park, Yorks, won 1,000 

 guineas of the Earl of March and Ruglen (* old 

 Q.') by performing on the back of a galloway, 

 ' with great ease in thirty-six minutes,' the feat, 

 for which he had been allowed one hour, of riding 

 ten miles, in the course of which he was to take 

 ^ forty leaps, each leap to be one yard, one 

 quarter, and seven inches high ' {which is a suffi- 

 ciently curious style of measurement to create a 

 doubt in the mind as to the accuracy of the 

 account). The feat is said to have been ac- 

 complished on the Fell, Richmond, Yorks, in 

 the presence of ' the Earl and Countess of 

 Northumberland and several other persons of 

 rank and distinction.' 



A.D. 1754 : 'On April 24 Mr. Daniel Corker's 

 mare' (a truly unfortunate name to be used, if 

 there be no misprint for ' Croker,' in connec- 

 tion with a remarkable feat), finished her three 

 hundred mile match for 100 guineas, play or pay, 

 within the time allowed her, which was three times 

 twenty-four successive hours, and had several 



