3i6 HORSE-RACING IN ENGLAND 



stud of {? A. or D. B.) ' Daly, Esq. Whilst on 

 horseback, without allowing anything- for chang- 

 ing of horses, he rode at the rate of 20 miles 

 an hour for 6 hours. He was so little fatigued 

 . . . that he was at the Turf Club House in 

 Kildare the same evening.' 



A.D. 1792 : On August 15, to decide a wager of 

 ;^5o between Mr. Cooper and Mr. Brewer of 

 Stamford, the latter gentleman's horse Labourer 

 (weight carried not stated) ran twenty times round 

 the race-ground (exactly a mile) at Preston in 

 54 minutes.' 



A.D. 1792: On November 10, at Newmarket, 

 the young Duke of Bedford won a match on his 

 horse Dragon (by Woodpecker) for 300 guineas a 

 side, against young Sir John Lade on his horse 

 Clifden (by Alfred), five y^Turs, Ji/teen stone each, 

 over the Beacon Course (4 miles, i furlong, 138 

 yards), which is noticeable for the weights, for the 

 example of a practice which, as we shall see, there 

 was an attempt made to revive in our own days 

 by Sir J. D. Astley and Mr. Caledon Alexander, 

 and for the fact that both the stout horses that 

 ran the match were secured by the Americans 

 eventually. 



