History made as man beats horse

2004-06-12 Thread William T Goodall
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/3801177.stm A man has won the annual Man versus Horse race for the first time in its 25-year history. Crowds of spectators at Llanwrtyd Wells in mid Wales saw Huw Lobb pick up the £25,000 prize - until Saturday, one of the biggest unclaimed prizes in

Re: History made as man beats horse

2004-06-12 Thread Erik Reuter
So, over longer distances, horse and rider can only average a little over 10 miles per hour? That is interesting. Slower than I would have guessed. There is the Brin tie-in, of course, to _Uplift War_ -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___