The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 23; Volume 45Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1892 - American literature |
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Page 80
... horses can go at a great pace without fatigue . Such a piece of road exists between Reigate and Crawley , and that distance has been accomplished daily for six months with the same horses , going at the rate of a mile in three minutes ...
... horses can go at a great pace without fatigue . Such a piece of road exists between Reigate and Crawley , and that distance has been accomplished daily for six months with the same horses , going at the rate of a mile in three minutes ...
Page 81
... horses of a certain type , whatever that may be . In this way you can transfer a horse from one team to another ... horses on the next . At the present day , however , the horses are gener- ally run in common over the whole of the road ...
... horses of a certain type , whatever that may be . In this way you can transfer a horse from one team to another ... horses on the next . At the present day , however , the horses are gener- ally run in common over the whole of the road ...
Page 84
... horses to accom- plish the distance at this high rate of speed , without either running away or falling down . A team outpaced at the start would have been absolutely useless before half 10 miles had been accomplished . When we started ...
... horses to accom- plish the distance at this high rate of speed , without either running away or falling down . A team outpaced at the start would have been absolutely useless before half 10 miles had been accomplished . When we started ...
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