BI CYCLISTS BEAT THE COACH RECORD TO BRIGHTON.
. A highly successfur effort has, beeji 'ma'de?b> fdafmemfeflrSH(jff*he^Polytechnic Cycling Club to. boat th© record §f Mr SeHjy^s, coach, which 'recently "coyerea i tW 1 distance from Hatchett's Hotel, Piccadilly, to Brigh- ', andibacfe;itt > |7J^p^'| l^j)teite^ ' though it should be mentioned that. > sixty-four horses were- used on the journey. { 'A fctartf yk& made at 10.38 a.m., Mr E. J. Willis' being the first, sQuJ^esta^wnd was blowing at the time, Whicfi greatly /impeded the cyclist's journey to Croy- : donlVhere Mr WjlhlMaiimmbs in waiting, and quickly mounted the f .,The.-; latter, took it on «(H¥!^*rlffi^-)rt^^Sfißf came, thistime from Mr S. 0. Schafer, wHa , completed JKe,' dbw^, jqtirney,]the; time" when the Ship Hotel was, reached being 2.34 .p,m t> , J£r S. Walker Vas hardly as successful as the others, his time back to Crawley being 1 hour^B* ■ minutes. Bujfc from this point tlie * ' men pushed on rapidly, and jMx Morris eventually reached Hatchett's at 6 thour^s '<& » minute's WiUMMcond^ thus beating the coach record by 13 minutear v 4p ,;3:5.%, seconds; One machine only wjas T used during the journey, weighing but 351b; .. *
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Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 68, 11 October 1888, Page 2
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185BICYCLISTS BEAT THE COACH RECORD TO BRIGHTON. Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 68, 11 October 1888, Page 2
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