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The chaise match run on Newmarket Heath on Wednesday 29 August 1750
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Francis Sartorius (1734-1804)
The chaise match run on Newmarket Heath on Wednesday 29 August 1750
inscribed 'The Chaise Match Run on Newmarket Heath on Wednesday the 29th of August 1750./This Match was the Consequence of a Wager of 1000 Guineas laid by ye. Earls' of March & Eglintowne on the/one side With Theobald Toafe and Andrew Sprowle Esqures. on the other. That four Horses Should Draw a Carriage with/four Running Wheels with a Person in or upon it 19 Miles in one Hour which was Perform'd in 53 Minutes & 27 Seconds Three of the horses had won Plates & all bred & Train'd for Running. the Two Leading Horses including Riders, Saddles &c Carried about 8 Stone each Wheels Horse about 7 Stone. the Chaise with the Boy that Rode in it weigh'd about 24 Stone.'
oil on canvas
20 x 30¼ in. (50.8 x 77 cm.)
The chaise match run on Newmarket Heath on Wednesday 29 August 1750
inscribed 'The Chaise Match Run on Newmarket Heath on Wednesday the 29th of August 1750./This Match was the Consequence of a Wager of 1000 Guineas laid by ye. Earls' of March & Eglintowne on the/one side With Theobald Toafe and Andrew Sprowle Esqures. on the other. That four Horses Should Draw a Carriage with/four Running Wheels with a Person in or upon it 19 Miles in one Hour which was Perform'd in 53 Minutes & 27 Seconds Three of the horses had won Plates & all bred & Train'd for Running. the Two Leading Horses including Riders, Saddles &c Carried about 8 Stone each Wheels Horse about 7 Stone. the Chaise with the Boy that Rode in it weigh'd about 24 Stone.'
oil on canvas
20 x 30¼ in. (50.8 x 77 cm.)
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