MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume 93, Issue 93, 16 September 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

An English contemporary says »— " A ride of 305 miles in 15 hours is a font of some magnitude. It has been recently performed in Now York by Francisco Perallo, a Mexican, and tho circumstances undor which tho performance took plnco aro worth calling attention to. It wns ono of tho stipulations of an ofllccr of n corlain Society— which presumably corresponds to tho Society fur tho Prevention of Crnolty to Animals— that at leost 40 horses should bo provided. lhirty*»four horsos ond six mustangs were accordingly in readinoss, lon boing propared for im** mediate uso by tho side of tho judge's stand. Tho horseman changed horses at tho end of each mile, ond such was Ir's agility and celerity, tlmt wo aro informed that ho sometimes sprang from tho back of opo horso to another without touching tho ground, nnd never occupied more than four seconds between the stopping of ono onimol ond tho storting of another. Coin' ■ mencing his rido nt 4 a.m., by 823 Porn alto had got ovor 100 milos. Hero n nino minutes rest was snatched, while ngnin at 9.4.1 tho rider stayed 25 minutes for breakfast. At noon thero was another stoppiigo, and at 3 o'clock tacro was un interval of rest for 11 minutes. Peralto had undertaken to accomplish this task in 15 hours, but ho vms within the timo, having 29 minutes to spare Tho fastest milo was the 154 th, which was covorod in 2 mm. 10 sec. It is no wonder thnt nt the end of tho performance Peralto should bo found to havo lost ncorly lOlbs in weight, ond that his pulso wns up to 14')."