Ok, using 1 lieue = 2.5 miles, I get d'Artagnan going at 12.5 miles/hr changing horses every 40 miles in chapter 21 of _TTM_. Pel going 1500 miles in 180 hours gives 8.3 mph. If he sleeps 6 hours/day I get 10 mph. How the condition of the Kana post could be so good and why Pel would ride this hard is unclear to me. I recall Khaavren is impressed by Crion..fenarr riding a stallion - I don't know if d'Artagnan would be - maybe this is a reflection on Dragaeran horsemanship. Any comment on the Running-After-Antelopes comment by Paarfi on pg. 297 of _TPotD_? On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Steven Brust wrote: > 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. > > > >