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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
“ It is but justice to observe, that if the lady had beer* 
better mounted, she could not have possibly failed of suc¬ 
cess. Indeed, she laboured under every possible disadvan¬ 
tage ; notwithstanding which, and the ungallant conduct of 
Mr. Flint, she flew along the course with an astonishing 
swiftness, conscious of her own superior skill; and would 
ultimately have outstripped her adversary, but for the acci¬ 
dent which took place.” 
1822.—On the 16th of January, a match was decided 
between Mr. Aldridge and Mr. Hall, horse-dealers, made at 
the Tun, Jermvn Street, London, for five hundred pounds 
a side; the horses carried fourteen stone each. It took 
place between the third and fourth mile-stones, near Hamp¬ 
ton. Mr. HalFs was a chestnut mare, of fifteen hands two 
inches high, and Mr. Aldridge’s, a bay mare, a hand lower, 
but a very fast goer. The former had been backed to do a 
mile twenty seconds under three minutes, but bets were 
ultimately settled as above. She performed this distance in 
three minutes and two seconds ; although it is known that 
in her exercises she had done it in two minutes and thirty 
seconds. The rate of going that day was estimated at 
thirty-nine feet in a second, whilst the Flying Childers ex¬ 
ceeded it by thirty-five per cent., viz., forty-nine feet in a 
second : all other swift horses went about forty-seven feet 
in the second. 
ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE MOST REMARKABLF 
HORSES. 
THE DARLEY ARABIAN. 
This horse was procured from the deserts of Arabia by 
Mr. Darley, a rich merchant, settled at Aleppo, and strict 
reliance may be placed upon the purity of his blood. From 
