> Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
Over the terrain in the Tevis Cup (link posted a while
back), from near sea-level Death Valley through the
Sierra Madras (~7500ft summit pass), 100 miles in
10-12 hours seems impressive to me. But the stories
where they have horses galloping for 5-6 hours at a
stretch are completely bogus. (Canter/trot would be
doable, although all but the fittest horses would be
worthless the next day.)
> There is the Brin tie-in, of course, to _Uplift War_
Many herbivorous mammals have a sort of internal
(evolutionary) quarter-mile cut-off for running at
speed, since they will have outrun most predators by
then (wolves and humans excepted in that they will
follow and continue the hunt). I wonder how migratory
experts like wildebeasts would fare in a distance race
against humans?
Debbi
Tycho And The Sunflower Maru :)
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