At 02:09 PM 7/13/2003 -0500, Iain E. Davis wrote: > >Hmm. If you're willing to gallop the horse to death or near-death >(switching horses whenever possible), how many miles can a horse(s) cover in >a day? Anyone? Switching horses every twenty miles, under ideal conditions, with the right sort of horse, eating in the saddle or not at all, and not sleeping, it is possible to travel 500 miles in a 30 hour period...that is, it is possible to average more than 16mph.