BICYCLISTS BEAT THE COACH RECORD TO BRIGHTON.
A highly sucessful effort has been made by four members of the Polytechnic Cycling Club to beat the record of Mr SelbyV coach, which recently covered tho distance from Hatchetfs Hotel, Piccadilly, to Brighton and back iv 7 hours 50 minutes, though it should be mentioned that sixtyfour horses were used on the journoy. A start was made at 10.38 a.m., Mr E. J. Willis being the first rider. A strong south-westerly wind was blowing at the time, which greatly impeded the cyclist's journey toCroydon, where Mx G. L. Morris was in waiting, and quickly mounted .tho machine. The latter took it on to Crawhsy, when another relief came, this time from Mr S. C. Schafer, who completed the down journey, the time when ciio Ship Hotti was reached being 2.34 pm. Mr S. Walkei* was hardly as successful as the others, his time back to Crawley being I hour 30 minutes. But from this point tho men pushed on rapidly, and Mr Morris eventually reached Hatchett'a at ti hours 14 minutes, IU 2-osecs., thus beating tho coach record by 13 minutus 40 3-ssecs. One machine only was used during the journey, weighing but 351b,
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Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7169, 3 October 1888, Page 5
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