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race in which the jump occurred, is reported as follows in a desci - iption of the race 

 in Bell's Life of March 28, 1847 :— 



This left the lead with " King of the Valley," but he refused at the top of the 

 hill, and soon after " Eegalia " caught up with him. They raced together to the 

 brook, with " Chandler " following them. " Chandler's " rider pulled back as they 

 approached it, expecting that " Regalia " would bring grief to somebody, and when 

 they arrived at it sent the spurs into his horse and followed them with all steam 

 on. Both went into the brook, and while they were there " Chandler," who was 

 not able to stop, whatever inclination he may have had to do so, made an extra- 

 ordinary jump and cleared the brook, horses and riders together. The account 

 goes to say that " Chandler " won the race with ease. The length of the leap was 

 immediately measured, but there was some doubt as to where the animal had 

 landed, as the ground was soft and a number of hoofprints had been made. 

 Captain Broadley, the rider, said that the distance was 37 feet. This beats the 

 record, so far as known, the best previous record being that of " Lottery," who 

 cleared between 33 feet and 34 feet. One of the witnesses of the jump was William 

 Archer, who stated that the distance was 39 feet. The Hon. F. Sawley, a well- 

 known sporting writer in England, was also present, and declared that the tape 

 measured but 34 feet. This is the minimum estimate. Summing up, it may be 

 said that while there is some doubt as to the exact number of feet cleared, 

 " Chandler's " performance was an unusual and important one. The same may be 

 said of a horse called " Proceed," who is said to have cleared 37 feet while running 

 in a steeplechase about the time of the above event. A horse called " Culverthan " 

 is reported to have jumped 33 feet on one occasion, and "Lather," a hunter owned 

 by Lord Ingestre, is said to have jumped 37 feet and 5 inches over a pit. None of 

 these measurements are absolutely authentic. With regard to speed it may be 

 noted that " Flying Childers " ran a distance of 4 miles 1 furlong and 138 yards 

 in seven and a half minutes ; but this pace was considerably exceeded by " Eclipse." 



The American trotter is an excellent instance of the results 

 American Trotter. 



obtained by breeding for a particular end ; in this case, extreme speed 



in trotting. The breed appears to have been produced by the infusion of both 



Barb and Arab blood on an English stock ; and the breeders of the United States 



strongly controvert the common opinion that the trot is not a natural pace of the 



horse. The maximum recorded pace of the American trotter up to the year 1885 



was one mile in 2 minutes 8f seconds. 



Shetland and The Shetland Islands have long been famed for the hardihood 



otner Ponies. an( j docility of their indigenous ponies, the small size of which has 



already been mentioned (p. 496). These ponies are allowed to run almost wild, 



with no shelter, and but little food beyond what they can procure for themselves. 



Their coats are very long and thick, and in winter become matted uf>on their bodies 



in a manner calculated to afford them most efficient protection from the inclemency 



of the climate. They are generally bay or brown in colour, but sometimes blackish, 



and at others more or less mixed with white. From their agility and cleverneasj 



these ponies are in great request for equestrian exhibitions. The ponies of 



Scandinavia and Iceland are very similar to those of Shetland ; but those of the 



Orkneys are larger and coarser, and of less pure breed. In the Hebrides there are 



