182 avery's own farrier. 



certain whether the distance and time will agree with 

 the present reckoning, is a matter that must be left for 

 the reader to determine: 



Horse Running. 



It is recorded that Firetail, in 1772, ran a mile in one 

 minute and four seconds. 



Fl}ing Childers'ran over the Round Course at New- 

 market (three miles six furlongs and ninety-three yards) 

 in six minutes and forty seconds; and on the Beacon 

 Course (four miles, one furlong and one hundred and 

 thirty-eight yards) in seven minutes and thirty seconds. 

 He went one-third of a mile in twenty seconds; he also 

 made a leap of thirty feet on level ground ; and he covered 

 tw^enty-five feet at every stroke while racing. 



Eclipse is said to have ran a mile in one minute!!! 



In 1741, at the Currah in Ireland, Mr. Wilde rode 

 one hundred and twenty-seven miles in six hours twenty- 

 one minutes, employing ten horses in the performance of 

 the feat. 



Mr. Thornhill, in 1745, rode from Stilton to London 

 and back, and again to London, two hundred and thirteen 

 miles in eleven hours and thirty-four minutes. 



Mr. Shaftoe, in 1752, with ten horses, five of them 

 ridden twice, accomplished fifty and one quarter miles in 

 one hour and forty-nine minutes. 



In 1786 Mr. Hull's Quibbler ran twenty-three miles, 

 round the Flat at Newmarket, in fifty-seven minutes and 

 ten seconds. 



George Osbaldeston, in 1831, performed the herculean 

 task of riding two hundred miles in eight hours and 



