Pedestrianism

capt. B arclay'sperformances. 109 hours, in one of the hottest dayosf the season. The distance is sixty-four miles, and he was allowed twelve hours to perform it, which he did in two hours less. In December following, hefirst appeared in the sporting world as a swift runner. He had performed long journies beyond thepower of any man living, which was attributed to his great strength and bottom ; but it was gene­ rally supposed that he did not possess fleet- ness sufficient to enable him to cope with any of the first-raterunners. The knowing ones, however were deceived; for Capt. Barclay proved, that even at a very short distance, he had few competitors. He started in Hyde Park to run a quarter of a mile against Mr. John Ward, and bets were two to one in fa­ vour of his antagonist. Ward took the lead, and kept it for the first three hundred yards. Capt. Barclay then beat up, and they ran the next hundred yards neck and neck. In the last forty, Ward lost ten yards ; and Capt. Barclay accomplished the whole distance, four hun-