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grooms : several, however, were the property of Mr. Osbaldeston 
himself. It should be remarked, that in giving the time occupied 
in riding the respective distances, we do not include the periods 
occupied in mounting and dismounting, which took from six 
seconds to two minutes. 
The exact number of horses used in the match was twenty-nine. 
Some were lame, and Ikey Solomons, like his great namesake, 
was quite out of favour after his first attempt. Tranby proved the 
best horse of the lot. Mr. Gulley, his proprietor, was extremely 
attentive throughout the match : we believe he even betted five 
hundred to fifty on the nine hours. Much attention was paid to 
the time taken by each horse in doing the distance. Tranby was 
the quickest; and next to him the little filly Fairy. Consider¬ 
ing the state of the weather, and the rough surface of the course, 
the pace was first-rate. Guildford, with a string-halt in both his 
hind legs, excited great doubts, from his awkward gait; but he 
proved himself sound, and to be depended upon. 
It will be seen that the two hundred miles were ridden, includ¬ 
ing stoppages, in eight hours and forty-two minutes; so that, 
allowing for time occupied in changing, refreshment, &c., the 
actual riding was done at a rate exceeding twenty-five miles an 
hour! The changes were fifty in number, and deducting six 
minutes for the lunch time, but thirtv-six minutes were allowed 
for mounting and remounting fifty times, being an average of 
less than a minute; but the actual average occupied in the 
changes was more than a minute, making the pace upwards of 
twenty-five miles an hour. 
As a finale to our account, we present a list of the most re¬ 
markable feats of horsemanship on record :— 
In October 1741, at the Currah meeting, in Ireland, Mr. Wilde 
rode one hundred and twenty-seven miles in six hours and twenty- 
one minutes, with ten horses; the time stipulated was nine 
hours. 
In 1745, Mr. C. Thornhill rode from Stilton to London, and 
back again to Stilton, being two hundred and thirteen miles, in 
eleven hours and thirty-four minutes. 
In 17G2, Mr. Shaftoe rode fifty miles and a quarter in one 
hour and forty-nine minutes, on ten horses, five of which were 
ridden twice. 
In 1763, the same gentleman undertook to ride one hundred 
miles a-day for twenty-nine days together, on any one horse each 
day, the number of horses not to exceed twenty-nine. He accom¬ 
plished it on fourteen horses, and in one day rode one hundred 
and sixty miles, on account of the tiring of his first horse. 
In 1758, Miss Pond rode one thousand miles in one thousand 
hours, at Newmarket. 
In December 1810, Mr. Milton, the horse-dealer, who weigh- 
