Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-29
ODD BETS,
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NageIs as TO the h=,tness OF horses ara known
we'll enough. seeing that they torn tie staple
commodity at most OF our rlres. Before betting
and handIcapping, however, became reduced to
SYSTEM in England, iud,viduaI bets OF any
special kind vert made, some atinE to sadd e
horses, some TO the d'i'In- ot sau.. h,Ht OF d
vehicle
Mr.. Shaito wagcred lo'u .uiucls rs4iust Mr.
keyneli that he would produce ApersoH who could
1de 29 horses > 80" miles ia - dtv-, each horac
doing a complete leo mile IN d.y. and uus ridel
performing the whole th,> uler air Nridcotk
fulfilled h, task.
What are the notable doin-z a. tluub.., N The
art Of running Ne Do not know tut there was
one instance IA WttsA i bet II .ldD - 60 Was
laid thtt donkey TCuIi - ZOO ,nitrs IN Il
hours. The affair clme ii At Newmukst
when Nediy dlt not only du h,- dutl Int aS ON
plshed II Ia Il A-uts, AI.4- ..vyd hour, 10
spare.
Special journey have .oIlel,ale, bren made,
involving sea as wei Ns I,ul travel. Juhu Stow
tells oi one BERNARD Calgert, who ieit London At
three O'Clock one m5Iung tdie t. DAstr, s5lleI
IN II barge to Gains, and tack aeam to paSer,
and thence rode bIcE 10 london, reaching
Shoreditch Church, nj "lght O'Clock III the even
lng oil the same daS. A. thu land nd,ng was IL
miles, and the barge-yoya..r II mlles 1t - GEL
tsiuly ", Il iertul II true that such 1nney could
have been peItalmrd "a seventeen hours, with
such appliances ls Sere available "a the dtys OF
james |.
tirrat notice was taken IN laD!, ot a Journey
from Parls 10 Luudon, laiie by AIR. Hunter +;
he completed 1t IN Twenty-Five hours, the very
shortest tune ever known up to that period ,
but we iuoue 20 think, that all things taken
into account, Calvert work wa the most re-
markable.
In The early part OF tie reign 81 George III,
two gentlemen made Al Ccttntr.c wager at =
cotiee-house near Temple Ear. One uulrrthoh 10
lump into water sryeu ieet deep. Nth all his usual
clothing on, and gA.iI"-a hnH5clt cumrl'teil.-
lie did it AEd ii W" picture La ourselves The
twistirS and wligglln% involved III such an oprl.
atiou, Aoatng the WHOM 81 tho tlmt We must
admit it be As different an ailiis 81 II w1s Iu-
| dicrous.
| butcher ION a summer eTening, undertook
| for wager. TO cross the Thames IN hi wooden
tray. In this exploit using his hands as pad
dies, he made the passase safely, from Somerset
Stars To the surrey side, providing himself with
cork Jacket in ease of accident. The chronl-
clers took care 10 record that ''seveniy buatoai>
of spectators were present, ani bets 10 the az
Egregate amount ol more than one thousand gula-
cas- depended on the event
| Richard jenkins, merchant oi urh, wager
| ed large sum that he would pave oue hundred
square yards with stones in nina hours. lie ac
lcomplished it , but We are ltn IN the d.IrG as L
what kind oI paving II was, and IN what WAl
the work was performed
| A gentleman undertook. for wIE4r, that ht
iwonld stand Tor awhole day on London Brldge
with uay full of good sterling soyerelEns, an'
would fail to hud customers for them al a penn,
piece The report ia that he won the wager
ali the passers-by believing that he was laerel
irving 10 cheat them with brass imitttions.
During visit paid hy oae OF the royal duke
10 neutrality-suspicious. at Spi;heAd, saho
got upon the very top Of the mainmast th
truck !, and stood there upon his head, waNin
his hal round and round on enc foot. 1t IS 10
hoped that this display OF antipcdean lHyal'I
was duly appreciated -,
Heideggsr, Master Il the Revels 10 George.l L
was considered TO be the ugliest man n Englan'
4 wager was lail that competitor Tor III
doubtful honor could be found. IN oil woma
4 from -. Giles was brought forward, and I'll
lump,re, with Heidegget's own approval, W.
,. about to award the palm TO her; but HeideSge
s in response to a suggestion. put on the old VIC
Q mans bonnet, 10 render The conditions mo-
!. equal. The additional ugliness was 90 Ind
sciribsble that The victory was awarded to hiT
Long before the days CT steamboats, geutismI
wayered a thousand guineas that lie would mai
b5at move twenty-five miles an hour. tie A
Icompllshed it in very singular way, aud at
considerable outlay in money aud iuSenuity /
caused circular canal TO be dug, 100 teai ia dis
" eter and nine feet wide, and filed with water