-----Original Message----- From: Steven Brust [mailto:skzb at dreamcafe.com] Sent: 15 July 2003 03:34 To: Iain E. Davis; 'lazarus'; 'Philip Hart' Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info Subject: RE: started rereading _TPotD_ >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. Are you basing that on the Pony Express Figures? I'm not doubting the accuracy, just curious about the source. Mark.