Kirby, R. S. [Editor]; Kirby, R. S. [Oth.]: Kirby's Wonderful And Eccentric Museum; Or, Magazine Of Remarkable Characters: Including All The Curiosities Of Nature And Art, From The Remotest Period To The Present Time, Drawn from every authentic Source. Illustrated With One Hundred And Twenty-Four Engravings. Chiefly Taken from Rare And Curious Prints Or Original Drawings. Six Volumes (Vol. IV.) (London: R.S. Kirby, 1820)

VOL. IV,

YEARS.
NAMES,. &c.
Miles. Yards.
•
Days. Hrs. Min. Sec.
1808, March 28
Captain Howe, against Captain Hewetson, for 200 guineas,
►
won by the former ------------
80 —
— 24 ~ —
-, April
Mr. Podgers, in Hants, Wilts, Gloucester, Somerset, Sussex,
and Kent, for 200 guineas - -- -- -- -- -
400 —
8 — —■ —-
-, May 5
Captain Thomson, of the 74th regiment, on the Ellon Road,
near Aberdeen - -- -- -- -- -- --
21 —
— 2 55 —
-, Sept. 5
Mr. Blewet, from Shoreditch to Theobald’s, Herts, and back
24 —
— 2 34 —
■-, -19
Cooke and Mi. Williams, in Lord’s cricket ground, for 50
guineas, won by the former - -- -- -- --
— 200
— — — 20
--} Oct.
Mr. Williams, from Hammersmith - -- -- -- -
20 —
— 1 53 —
--, Nov. 3-9
Mr. Dowler, publican of Towcester, for 100 guineas - -
500 —
7 —■ — —•
—., Dec. 10
George Frost and Richard Butler, on the Newmarket road,
near Bury, won by the former - -- -- -- --
5 —
— — 30 —
—, — 27
Captain Parfet, on the Hampton road, at four starts - - -
4 —
— — 23 55
1809,
Mr. Canning, from Basingstoke, Hants, to Yeovil, Somerset
300 —
. 5 — — —
-- Hopper, of Canterbury, near that city • - - - -
63 —
— 11 39 —i

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