The Sun.
London, England, 1801-11-13 00:00:00

PED F,STRIAN lIIATC ..-10 <ll N TILL

WE stated. some time ago, that Mr. Krt.c.l..
a Gentleman of about ‘;_oc,s3l. per ann. in Scotland;
had made a match of goool. aside,. or t 0,0601. iii
the, whole, v.vith Air. FL ETCH ER, also a man oflarge
fortune, and proprietor of several celebrated
horses, that he, Mr. BARC LAY, would go on foot 96
miles in iii successive hours. Mr. BARCLAY started
on•MondaY night,.at twelVe o'clock, at Ayton; on
the Toad-.from York to Hull, about fifteen mileS
from .the fOrMer City. He walked a mile out and a
mile in,%the mile of the road on which he walked,
being Wiell li!;hted with lamps. In our Paper of
yesterday, we stared his commeneement. The fol-
lowing Letter, which we since received, gives an
account of his haviog won his match.

" Yt,k, Ilar.esf4iy Ome o'CL•ck.
•." I •lule just returned from witnessing.- the match ; Mt..
BAit c -has. won. He finished his walking at 22. ni,nutes;
seconds, piist eight o'cloci;, last evenimi, being one Ilum,
mimics, and 56 -sk.,conds
.within the tin; allowed. lh;
executed the match in. a capital style. He stopped
times to refresh, and, change his clothes, which generally
took -him from minutes to 15. The weather has been.
particularly fayour.ible,—except from tour to, eight o'cloCk
yesterday-morning; Wier.: it 'pew hazy. This rendered him
rather dull.

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" Betting —2 tot and to 4in his favour at four and eight.
this morning. At eleven o'..:lock, wimi he had gone 5c
thiks 3to he ivon : when he had to miles, 5. and 4to
: when' he had gone 7a, 7 4itri 6toc no won. Tne
part of his w.-.lkig, la and r 5

" A gredt concourse of c.'ompanY attended, whb -Were OM
eulatly attentive that he, should. ro,;et with. nu •interruptiOn:.
They seemed aii higniY pirated that he had won. At .the
close he was huizaed by 4.-1.,-;e1-owi, and e'arr;i:d about col
their shouteers in-tn-uniph. Many Gentlemen preseut calm:
froin Scutl..:nd to
,see the snatch."

On the above match, not only. the ten thousand
pounds between the twci prinCipals, but double that
stun: was dypetiding am. Oiri: the sporting Gentlemen
of Yerkshire, .-3';:or.lanc.i, and .Londort. The whole:
County of York was:di:epiy interested in the events
as that. is •t he most spit-zing part of the Kingdom.
. M.Mc B ißcr i bai;; hoverer, done little more'
thin recover his• own money •ba•ck from Mr.
FLETCHiR. About a year ago Mr. FLi-rdiltP.
derto,k to 'walk 6o mik'S 'in r4.' hour's, for zsool:
aside, which gr. BARci.A.-r 'betted him, and Mr.
Fr t ER won the s'oebt. This match was sudden-
ly'rnide and-suddenly pert-mined, rather privately,
near Doncaster, so that the public heard but little of it.
Mr. FL-El-et-IER was only a very short time in train-
ing under Ward the pugilist, living on raw meat,
&c. atrd when he won, he felt the last zo miles tire
him so much, that he thought it quite impossible for
BARcLAY to go. 30 mileS further at the same
rate; and hence arose the present bet.—Mr. BAR*
C LAY has, however, been in training since the
Beginning' of September, under - Mr. Smi-rm, an
old farmer, in Yorkshii-e, on Lord FAUCONB ERG'S
Estate. SmtTu made hiM live upon raw meat:
and hard food, and do all sorts of hard Work, send-.
ing him often to market' with a heavy load of
cheese and butter on his shoulders, and allowing'
him only an hour and a half to go ten miles with.
this weight ; iind he found his pupil answer so
well on all occ;lsioaS,: that Lady de-
dared he had no doubt of his winning.

Mr. FLEFCHRR. made his bet with great judge
ment., Not only did he think it impossible for Mr.
BARCLAY to keep up walking at the rate of fotir;
miles and a quarter an lour (which was the rate, in-
cluding stoppages), for twen.y-one successive !louts
bUt he stipulated that. the task should be performed
at this season of the year, when-the htiman frame
the most relaxed, and in the weakest state. There
was also a great chance, at this time, of a high
wind, heavy rain, or a thick fog, either of which
would have proved a fatal obstacle to Mr. BAR;
CLAY'S success. The fog, for a few hours in the
morning; it will •be 'seen by our Letter, proved
heavy drast back on his exertions ; and, had it con.
tinued all day, it is probable he would have lost.

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