| William Pick - Harness racehorses - 1803 - 612 pages
...féconds; and it was thought that he moved S2 feet and a half in one fécond of time, which is nearly al the rate of one mile in a minute, a degree of velocity which no horfe has been known to exceed : he likewifc ran over the Beacon Courfef in 7 minutes and 30 féconds; and it *The Bound Courfe is 3 miles... | |
| Thomas Hornby Morland - 1810 - 192 pages
...93yds.) in six minutes and forty seconds ; and it is thought that he moved 82.j feet in one second of time, which is nearly at the rate of one mile in a minute, a degree of velocity which no horse has ever been known to exceed. He also ran over the Beacon course (4m. If. 138yds.) in seven... | |
| English literature - 1840 - 592 pages
...minutes and forty [seconds ; and it was thought that he moved eighty-two feet and a half in one second of time, which is nearly at the rate of one mile in a miniUe, a degree of velocity which no horse has been known to exceed. He likewise ran over the Beacon... | |
| James Christie Whyte - 1840 - 616 pages
...in six minutes, and 40 seconds ; and it was thought that he moved 82 feet and a half in one second of time, which is nearly at the rate of one mile in a minute, a degree of velocity, which no horse has been known to exceed. He likewise ran over the Beacon Course* in seven minutes, and 30 seconds... | |
| John William Carleton - 1840 - 532 pages
...minutes and forty seconds ; and it was thought that he moved eighty-two feet and a half in one second of time, which is nearly at the rate of one mile in a minute, a degree of velocity which no horse has been known to exceed. He likewise ran over the Beacon Course (four miles one furlong and... | |
| John Hankins Wallace - Horse breeding - 1897 - 650 pages
...second:., "and it was thought," says the old record, "that he moved eighty-two feet and a half in a second of time, which is nearly at the rate of one mile in a minute." This was the basis of the legend "A Mile in a Minute," and it has lived till our own day, just as many... | |
| 1840 - 586 pages
...minutes and forty [seconds ; and it was thought that he moved eighty-two feet and a half in one second of time, which is nearly at the rate of one mile in a minuje, a degree of velocity which no horse has been known to exceed. He likewise ran over the Beacon... | |
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