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bets. For mstance, m the year 1822, a gentle-
man, named Houlston, made a match for fifty
guineas, to drive tandem fifteen miles in one
hour, and to trot the first seven miles. The
horses did the first four mules in eighteen minutes
and twenty-two seconds, and the-other three
in fourteen minutes eight seconds, leaving twenty-
seven minutes for the eight miles’ gallop. The
horses did the eighth mile in three minutes
ten seconds, the next four in thirteen minutes
twelve seconds, and the remaining three miles
in ten minutes and fifty seconds, winning the
match by eighteen seconds. It was esteemed
by sportsmen a beautiful performance; and the
pacing of the horses at the gallop was a great
treat.

“ Here is another. In the same year Mr.
Ambrose undertook to drive, ata trot, fifteen
miles in one hour. The match took place over
a piece of turf of three miles on the Epping
road, for a stake of five hundred sovereigns.
The referees decided, with a third person as