320 HORSE-RACING IN ENGLAND 



A.D. 1801 : On April 2 a Captain Newland, of 

 the Sussex Militia, whether 'Abraham Newland' 

 or a 'cock-fighter' (and probably both), 'won a 

 considerable sum ' by riding ' 140 miles in 7 hours 

 and 34 minutes, although allowed 12 hours. . . . 

 Longdown Hill, near Chichester, was the scene 

 of action.' What is remarkable is ' that he rode 

 principally hack horses from the Swan Inn of 

 that town.' In the first hour he rode 21J;, miles; 

 in the second, 18 ; in the third, 20 ; in the fourth, 

 18; in the fifth, 20; in the sixth, 16^; in the 

 seventh, 17^; in the odd thirty-four minutes 8^. 

 ' He met with a fall, was once oblio-ed to changfe 

 his horse, as he became too restive, and was run 

 away with a considerable distance out of the 

 course,' in doing the first 100 miles. 



A.D. 1801 : On September 19, at Doncaster, 

 Mr. Johnson's Sir Solomon (late Lord Fitz- 

 williams' Tankersley, by Sir Peter), ridden by 

 John Shepherd, beat Sir H. Vane- Tempest's 

 Cockfighter (late Mr. Robinson's Abraham 

 Newland), ridden by Richard Franks, in a match 

 for 500 guineas, 4 miles, 5 years, 8 st. 7 lb. each. 

 The odds were 6 to 4 and 11 to 8 on Cockfighter, 

 as a winner of the St. Leg^er, in which Sir 



