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" Newmarket, in six 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. "
The turf register, and sportsman & breeder's stud-book, by W. Pick [and R ... - Page 14
by William Pick - 1803
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The Turf Register and Sportsman & Breeder's Stud-book: Containing the ...

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...
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The genealogy of the English race horse; with the natural history of his ...

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...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

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...
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History of the British turf, Volume 1

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...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.

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...
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The Horse of America in His Derivation, History and Development ...

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...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 60

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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