[log in to unmask] wrote: > Sybil Ludington, age 16, rode all night without dismounting, a distance of 40 > miles on roads that were narrow and unmarked. Paul Revere, an experienced > professional courier rode less than 14 miles over good roads in two hours with > a stop for supper. QED the power of the pen... Ms Luddington lacked Mr. Longfellow Beverly Martin