Of all the celebrated pedestrians of the present day, Captain Barclay is deservedly the most famous, both from the variety and difficult accomplishment of his performances;--and the next Chapter shall be devoted to his astonishing exploits, of which a particular and faithful account shall be presented to the reader.

N. B.--The Author is indebted chiefly to the _Sporting Magazine_, which is an entertaining and valuable publication, for the particulars relative to the pedestrians whose performances are recorded in this and the previous chapter.

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TABLE containing the Names of the Pedestrians, the Distances they performed, and the Time they required, with the Year of performance, &c.

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_Year_ _Name_ _Dist._ _Days_ _Hrs._ _Min._ _Sec._ _Pag._ _Miles_ _Yards_

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1808 Lieutenant Halifax, 2 100 successive 53

1809 { John Jones, } 30 3 45 63 { William Williams, }

1811 { Joseph Beal, } 2 9 43 75 { Isaac Hemsworth, }

1811 { Joseph Beal, } 2 21 18 76 { Abraham Wood, }

1809 { Captain Dacre, } 1 4 56 78 { Mr. Dawes, }

1804 { The Hon. Ed. } 1 5 78 { Harbord, } { Lord Freder. } { Bentinck, }

1804 { Mr. Mellish[A], } 38 10 79 { Lord F. Bentinck, }

{ Captain Aiken[B], } 1 5 25 82 { Mr. Sullivan, }

1810 { Captain Aiken, } 1 5 12 83 { Mr. Athol, }

1806 { Mr. Abraham Wood, } 9 735 51 24 89 { -- Jonathan Powlitt,}

1797 { Mr. John Brown, } 4 21 35 89 { -- Abraham Wood, }

1805 { Mr. Grinley, } 120 12½ 80 { -- Curley, }

1806 { -- Grinley, } 120 12 81 { -- Curley, }

1808 { -- Cooke, } 200 20 81 { -- Williams, }

1808 { Lieutenant Hawkey, } 81 { Mr. Snowden, }

[B] Run with one minute interval between the two starts.

CAPTAIN BARCLAY’S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MATCHES.

Captain Barclay early displayed a strong predilection for the manly sports, and when only fifteen years of age, he entered into a match with a gentleman in London to walk six miles within an hour, fair TOE AND HEEL, for one hundred guineas, which he accomplished on the Croydon road, in the month of August 1796.

His next performance took place two years after, (August 1798) and he was equally successful. He matched himself against Ferguson, a celebrated walking clerk in the city, to go from Fenchurch Street, London, to the 10th mile-stone beyond Windsor, and back. Capt. Barclay performed the distance (seventy miles), notwithstanding the heat of the weather, in fourteen hours, beating the clerk several miles.