70 STORIES ABOUT HORSES.

umpire, that it was won by rather more than a
second. The horse broke into a gallop in the
last mile, and was turned.

But perhaps the most extraordinary achieve-
ment of the kind, Boys, was one undertaken by
a gentleman named Giles, namely, to drive a
favourite mare twenty-eight miles mm two hours.
The performance accordingly took place on Sun-
bury Common, and was won with the greatest
ease, in less than one hour and _ fifty-eight
minutes. The fame of the match, which was
eagerly watched by many thousands of spec-
tators, reached the Continent, and a gentleman
from the Netherlands came to England ex-
pressly for the purpose of purchasing the mare,
which he did, as well as the light and elegant
carriage in which she performed the match, at a
high price.

“ T know very well, Boys, that these stories
do not interest you so much as some that I have
told you, so I will now take leave of the coach-
horse, and tell you something about the horse