tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post4258448485709897584..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: High speed travel in 1801Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-74379553024189821582011-05-31T11:18:04.793-04:002011-05-31T11:18:04.793-04:00I'd really like to know the total number of ho...I'd really like to know the total number of horses used! Given that he averaged about 3.5 minutes per mile -- :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-6550353813061021522011-05-31T08:07:30.574-04:002011-05-31T08:07:30.574-04:00A great post as usual. You do find the most wonder...A great post as usual. You do find the most wonderful things.<br /> I just hope that no author thinks that such feats of speed were common. I think this was run over a two mile length of road which he travelled back and forth repeatedly. It needed frequent change of horses. good advertisekent for the place that supplied the horses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-54793258029156943802011-05-31T07:34:54.690-04:002011-05-31T07:34:54.690-04:00The Sporting Magazine has many anecdotes as well a...The Sporting Magazine has many anecdotes as well as some interestinga rticles. I was amused ti see that it also had a poetry section. It seems many magazines had a poetry section. NOt all the poetry was the kind to last but they did include some in every issue.<br />I was also amazed to discover how many race tracks and races there were from about April to October. The ones who followed the races could do so for three -fourths of the year.<br /> They had races where the gentlemen could ride against each other sometims.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com