A warm--hearted Correspondent, "W.C." of _Milton_ (who is anxious
for our accuracy on all points), wishes us to correct an error or two in
the account of _Eclipse_, at p. 362, vol. xix. of _The Mirror_. It is
there stated that Mr. Wildman sold the moiety of Eclipse to Colonel
O'Kelly, for 650 guineas; and that O'Kelly subsequently bought the other
moiety for 1,100 guineas. But, our Correspondent, who was for many years
intimate with both the above gentlemen, assures us that "the Colonel
gave to Mr. Wildman 2,000_l._ for a moiety of Eclipse, and
subsequently 2,000_l._ for the other moiety--making the whole
purchase-money 4,000_l_."
In the page wherein the above mis-statement appears is another error,
respecting the speed of _Childers_--"over the round course at
Newmarket, 3 miles, 6 furlongs, and 93 yards, in 6 minutes and 40
seconds; to perform which, he must have moved 82-1/2 feet in a second of
time, or at the rate of nearly one mile in a minute." We have referred
to the work whence the above was quoted (_Hist. Epsom_, p. 103),
and find it to correspond with our reprint. The calculation is evidently
incorrect: for Childers would thus appear scarcely to have exceeded half
a mile a minute.
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