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lie could stop them when he had arrived at his journey’s end ; 
and they did not appear to be in the least fatigued, although 
the road, composed of soft earth and of great flints, and one of 
the worst in Austria, had been rendered still heavier than usual 
by the incessant rain of two days. Other difficulties also were 
to be surmounted. He had no fewer than nine villages to pass, 
at each of which his passport was examined ; beside which, the 
road was very hilly, and particularly so in the direction from Pres- 
bourg to Vienna, and his horses were not more than fourteen 
hands and a half. They were Hungarian horses, bred in the stud 
of Count Sandor. A nobleman who accompanied him part of 
the way, and before it was certain that he would win, offered 
him 6000 f. (£250) for them. 
Count Sandor has since offered considerable bets that he 
would drive the same horses thirty-six and a quarter English 
miles in two hours and a half; and also, that in twenty-four hours 
he would drive the same horses from Vienna to Pesth, eighteen 
German posts, and over the greater part of the intervening 
country there being scarcely the trace of a road. Neither bet has 
yet been taken ; and we hope, for the sake of the noble horses 
and the after-reflections of the Count, that the latter trial of 
speed and stoutness never will be made. Y. 
The Agricultural Meeting and Sale of Sheep at 
Rambouillet. 
The agricultural meeting was held on the 21st of May. 
Prizes were distributed to the best ploughman and to the in- 
ventors of the best ploughs, and also to the inventor of a roller, 
with a harrow attached, and a brush to keep it free. The 
cattle were few in number, but very superior. A golden medal 
was presented to M. Peschard d’Ablis for a superb bull of 
the Norman race. We confess that we viewed with pleasure 
and surprise the fineness of the wool, and the beauty of the 
form of some sheep, belonging to M. Boiseau de Wallerand ; 
but these, together with some belonging to M. Peschard d’Ablis, 
having obtained prizes at the last meeting of the society, could 
not now compete. The gold medal was awarded to M. Lamey, 
jun. The first prize for a farmer’s horse was given to M. Du- 
rand, of Poigny, for his Rohan grey horse, four years old ; and 
an iron grey horse, two years old, got by a stallion belonging 
to M. Dailly, obtained a gold medal. The first prize for a 
