THE FASTEST MILES.
———6 — I'or r convenience in comparing speeds made 011 land ,by various vehicles, as well as by horses and'men, the following table has been prepared Electric locomotive, 27sec., 1903; motor-car,: 28sec.,19DG; steam, locomotive, 32sec., 1893; motor-paced' cycle, lmin; 61-5 sec., 1904'; running horse, lm. 3oJsee., ISiJO; bicycle, imputed, lm. 49 2-osec., 1904; pacing horse, lm. oosoc., . 190G; trotting horse, lm.. . oSJsce., 1905; man skafc•ing, 2m. '.36set:., 1896; man running, 4m.- -l^sccV,.. 1887.; man walking, 6ra, 23scc., 1890.' It will be observed that the diffence between tlio locomotive and the .mo-tor-car is trifling. For 100 miles tlie record of the steam locomotive is'much better than that of tlio motor. However, both the electric locomotive and the motor may bo expected to show further improvement", as their development is . incomplete, while their steam brother has attained about the limit. Tlio horso racing and foot raring .records added to the table wore all made in recent years Evidently .wo. breed better and. train better than ever before-
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 407, 16 January 1909, Page 9
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167THE FASTEST MILES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 407, 16 January 1909, Page 9
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