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MR. OSBALDESTONS MATCH AGAINST TIME. 
23. Colt, by Tramp-..... 8 58 
24. Dolly.8 58 
deston went the wrong side of the post, but immediately turned 
and went back to the point of error. Mr. O. now took a little 
weak brandy and water, and again mounted. 
16. Don Juan, second time ..9 8 18. Cannon-ball, second time.. 9 45 
17- Obberton, second time -- 8 20 
Seventy miles were done one minute under the three hours, 
and the seventy-two miles four minutes beyond the three hours. 
19. Ultemar, second time-9 0 | 20. Tranby...- 8 10 
The rain subsided, but the weather still cold and cheerless. 
The eighty miles were done in three hours and twenty-five 
minutes and a half, including stoppages. 
21. Fairy.8 8 
22. Morgan Rattler, sec. time 9 28 
Any odds on the performance of the match, 
25. Acorn.... 9 2 
The hundred miles were now completed in four hours 
nineteen minutes and forty seconds. A proposition was made 
that Mr. Osbaldeston should alight and change his dress, but 
this he declined, and said he would go a few more rounds. He 
appeared rather stiff, but still in good spirits. 
26. A Horse, by Smolensko..8 52 
Mr. Osbaldeston took a crust of bread and a mouthful of cold 
brandy and water, stopping rather more than two minutes. 
27. Tranby,second time — . 8 0 29. Guildford ..8 25 
28. Skirmisher.9 25 
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The rain came down in torrents during the last round; but 
again cleared off, and was once more favourable. 
30. Dollv, second time.-- 8 45 
He had now completed one hundred and twenty miles in five 
hours eleven minutes and a half, and determined on taking some 
refreshment. He immediately proceeded up into the Duke’s 
Stand, where he recognised some female friends, and immediately 
sat down to a lunch of cold partridge. He said he was as “ hun¬ 
gry as a hunter;” and after taking a glass of sherry, and stopping 
six minutes and twenty seconds, again mounted without chang¬ 
ing; his dress in any particular. 
His next horse, the thirty-first change, was Ikey Solomons. 
Ikey, soon after starting, became restive, made a slip, and then 
suddenly vouching his back, Mr. Osbaldeston was thrown over his 
head, and fell full length on the ground. Fortunately, he retained 
the reins, and sustained no serious injury, although he lay for 
