Pedestrianism

118 CAPT. BARCLAY'S PERFORMANCES. ened his pace, and was above twenty mi- nutes ingoing two miles. Wood's feet were cut by travelling without his shoes, and he put them on; but after having gone forty miles insix hours and twenty minutes, he re­ tired to his marquee : and shortly after, it was communicated tothe spectators that he had resigned thematch. Capt. Barclay pursued a steady course of six miles an hour, without varying a minute. After havinggone eighteenmiles he stopped, and refreshed by taking some warm fowl; and when he had accomplished other eighteen miles, he again stopped ; but while taking another refreshment, Wood's failure was an­ nounced tohim, and hewalked the other four miles merely to determine some depending bets. The unexpected termination of this race excited considerablesurprise in the sporting world, as it was known to most people present, that Wood, only a few months before, had gone fortymiles in less than five hours. Se­ veral of those who had betted on Wood de­ clined