The Celebrated Captain Barclay : Sport, Gambling and Adventure in Regency Times

by Peter Radford

The Celebrated Captain Sport, Gambling and Adventure in Regency Times

Genres: Nonfiction

352 pages, Paperback

First published August 2, 2001

Reviews

[Issi · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very informative history of Captain Barclay and the sports of pugilism and pedestrianism in Regency Britain. Plenty of local content too.

[Steve Chilton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bought this second-hand to read when researching the history of fell running, hoping it would give insight into betting in sport which was prevalent in the early days. Captain Robert Barclay is most famous for one great sporting feat - trying to walk 1000 miles in 1000 hours for 1000 guineas. Six weeks later, exhausted and on the verge of collapsing, he completed his challenge and instantly became the most famous sporting figure of Regency times. The book describes this really well and in fact offered up some fascinating stories of the characters and events of the time.