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by his friend, which followed, without showing
the least inclination to remain with its natural
companions.”

« That was delightful, Uncle Thomas.”

«To return to the equestrian feats of this
active little animal. In the year 1802, a Gal-
loway was matched to run, over Sunbury Com-
mon, one hundred miles in twelve successive
hours. The match was won easily, in eleven
hours, thirty-six minutes.

‘¢ Another match, still more surprising, was
performed at Newmarket, by one which went
over one hundred miles a day for three succes-
sive days. It did its work easily, and at the
conclusion did not seem at all distressed.

‘One more, Boys, and [ have done. About
the middle of last century, Sir Charles Turner,
of Berkleatham, made a match with the Duke
of Queensberry, the former undertaking to
ride ten miles within the hour, in the course
of which he was to take thirty leaps, each
leap to be one yard, one quarter, and seven