Pedestrianism

caft. B arclay'sperformances, 103 able to start on the day appointed, and the match of course was lost. Capt. Barclay, next year, 1801, appeared very conspicuously in the annals of the sport­ ing world. He again betted with Mr. Flet­ cher, that he would walk ninety miles in twenty-one and a half successive hours. The bet was two thousand guineas,and theground chosen for the performance of the match was the line of roadfrom Brechin to Forfar, in the county of Angus. He accomplished sixty- seven miles in thirteen hours ; buthaving in­ cautiously drank some brandy, he became in­ stantly sick, and consequently unable to pro­ ceed. He now renounced the bet, and the umpire retired; but after two hours rest, he completely recovered, and could easily have finished the remainder of the distance within the time, J * In June the same year, he walked fromUry to Boroughbridge in Yorkshire, in five days, a distance of three hundred miles, notwith­ standing the heat of the weather# which was then very oppressive. Although