A Hundred Mile Race.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 42, 31 August 1870, Page 7

A Hundred Mile Race.

—O— , 1 The ra'co;’ from Duhbo to' ‘ Orange, New South Wales, nearly 100-.idles, between Mr Frost’s Colonel, and Mr Tarra it’s Barmaid, is,.now amongst,,the, records .of the tu f. as an instance of the wonderful endurance of tbe equine race, and an illustration that “blood must tell.” The iVeiehi 'Jibuti:r>er sa.yS’d—“lt had been arranged, that the horses should start from tin* telegraph office, Dubho, not later than seven o’clock on Mandaymorniug. the 4-th uU., the one not appearing at that hour to forfeit the stakes. At half past six the start was made, the day bebig favorable ovchead, but.the roads in terrible comiioiou. The Ba maid was not up to Ibe mule j u point of condition, yet evinced her breeding very creditably. From Dubbo the race* seemed either of the horses’, their arrival at' Shepherd’s Greek, within three miles of which place the marc got behind, and on arrival found that Colonel had had his feed and was ju.se starting again. The race here may be said to have been at an end. for the Bvmaid remained behind at Calculi, and did not reach Orange until next owning. Various wagers appear to have been made as to 1 the time that would be occupied in the journey, most persons inclining to 12 or 13 hours. Nevertheless, when 10 hoes had expired, in teres'‘od spectators began to gather at the telegraph office, Orange, in anticipation of the ni obahi’iry that it would be done in lor-. They had not long to wait, for an advance guard soon arrived with the intelligence that the race was nearly ;■ ntl end, and pie? : s:dv at one minute to'nve o’clock the Colonel passed np the street hard held, amidst the plaudits of a huge coucounse of people. The distance between Dubbo and Orange is slated to be ninety-six miles j and as the road had to be kept the whole of the way owing to the boggy state of the bush, it may be estimated that eve y inch of that distance was travelled. The time Colonel took in the journey was,,ten and a.half hours, which'gives an’ Average 'of nine miles per hour. * The speed at which the last stage was performed is something incredible^—the Lst twelye miles being accomplished in one hour and ten minutes I The arrangement was that each horse was to carry .Saturday, Colonel was declared to carry !)st lib, and Barmaid 9st 61b, This has boon made the pretext for a protest on the part of the owner of Barmaid, whotftiakes it a point that the weight was not declared at starting ; but to ns it appears that in a case of this sort it is not compulsory to , adhere strictly to Jockey Club rules, and that if the weight decided. on was carried, th® race has been faii^ I