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race in which the jump occurred, is reported as follows in a description 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 “ Regalia ” 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 hoof prints 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 
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 
other Ponies. and 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 upon 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 cleverness, 
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 
American Trotter. 
