Pedestrianism

74 MODERN PEDESTRIANISM. Kilburn,in fifty-eightminutesand forty-seven seconds. In June 1805, a match wasrun on the Ux- bridgeroad, betweenLieut. Warrenand Mr* Bindall, an artist, forfifty guineas. The dis­ tance was seven miles; and they started at four in the morning. The lieutenant conti­ nued to lead for fourmiles, when Mr. Bindall passed him, andwon the bet, by leaving his opponenta quarterof a mile behind,andper­ formingthe distancein thirty-fiveminutes. On the 10th of December 1808, a match for five milestook placebetween Mr.George Frostof Horringer, and Mr. Richard Butters of Ixworth on the Newmarket road, near Bury. The race was well contested, and won by Mr. Frost, who performed the dis­ tance in thirty minutes. In August 1805, thedistanceof fourmiles was performed in three seconds less than twenty-oneminutes,by James Fairer,of Lan­ cashire, at Knutsford, for a wager of two hundredguineas. Captain Parfetundertook to run fourmiles in