Pedestrianism

MODERN PEDESTRIANISM. 81 guineas, which Grinley also gained by two yards, performing the distance in twelve se­ conds. Curleywasmorefortunatein amatch which took place on the 22d of June 1807, with Cookethe soldier, whomhe beat by two yards, on a distance of one hundredand forty. Cooke performed two hundred yards in twenty seconds, on the 19thSeptember 1808. He entered into a matchwith a gentlemanof thename of Williams, to runthat distancein Lord's cricket-ground, for a wager of fifty guineas. They both started at the same in­ stant,andkept togetherfor the first hundred yards, when Cooke took the leaduntil they did fifty more. Mr. Williamsthen came up withhim, and they ran elbow to elbow for otherfortyyards. Cookeagaintook the lead, and kept it to the winning-post, beating his adversaryby a yard and a half. Lieutenant Hawkey, and Mr- Snowdenof NottinghamStreet,ran a well contested match on the 14thof November 1808, for a bet of fifty guineas, which was gainedby the latter gentleman.—And Skewball, the famousLan- l cashire