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hours to spare.' The match took place on 

 Newmarket Heath ; the mare (a brown) stood 

 thirteen hands three inches high, and was ridden 

 by a boy weighing 4 st. i lb., saddle and bridle 

 not included. On Monday, 22nd, she went 

 ninety-six miles in three instalments, namely, 

 twenty-four miles and a bait, twenty-four and a 

 bait, and forty-eight without baiting ; on Tuesday, 

 23rd, one hundred and eight miles in four instal- 

 ments, namely, twenty- four and a bait thrice con- 

 secutively, and thirty-six without baiting ; and on 

 Wednesday, the 24th, ninety-six miles as on the 

 first day, having done not more than six miles, it 

 is said, out of the whole three hundred at full 

 gallop. The performance is stated to have been 

 accomplished in 64 hours and 20 minutes — that is, 

 with 7 hours and 40 minutes (42 minutes, accord- 

 ing to some authorities), to spare. It is to be 

 hoped that * here be facts.' 



A.D. 1756: At the spring meeting, Newmarket, 

 took place the great match for the Challenge 

 Whip (of which there had been no recorded winner 

 since the Duke of Devonshire's Dimple in some 

 long previous, unspecified year) between Mr. 

 Fenwick's famous Match'em, and Mr. Bowles's 



