OCEAN GREYHOUNDS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1891, 1 May 1890, Page 22

OCEAN GREYHOUNDS.

HOW THE RECORD HAS BEEN REDUCED PROM TWENTY-TWO TO SIX DAYS. The feat of the steamship City of Paris in twice beating in a single year the best previous record for a trans- Atlantic trip is something unparalleled in the history of ocean travel. The Etruria twice made the fastest records, but the second fast trip was three years behind the first. Only once before, moreover, has the record been twice beaten in one year. The full list of record makers since the days of the old Savannah is as

The constant, almost yearly decrease in time since 1879, is a marked indication of the advent of a new and swifter class of " ocean greyhounds."

follows : — Dayß. 1818, Savannah, Savannah to Liverpool ... ... 22 1839, Great Western, Liverpool to New York .. ... 18 18-15, Britannia, Liverpool to New York ... " ... 14 1851, Persia, Liverpool to New York ... ... ... 9 1852, Baltic, Liverpool to New York ... ... ... 9 1867, City of Paris, Queenstown to New York ... ... 8 1869, City of Brussels, New York to Queenstown ... „, 7 1879, Britannic, New York to Queenstown ... .. 7 1879, Arizona, Queenstown to New York „, ... 7 1882, Alaska, Queens town to York ...» 6 1883, Oregon, Queenstown to New 1 York ... ... 6 1885, Etruria, Queenstown to New York . ... - ... 6 1887, Urabria, Queenstown to New York „. ... 6 1888, Btruria, Queenstown to New York .., .„ 6 1889, City of Patia, Queenotown toNew'Xork ... „, 5 1889, City of Paris, Queenstowa ' to New York ... ... 5 Hrs. 20 19 3 18 10 9 22 10 5 4 1 23 19 Mm. ! 1 2 ,'53 23 10 10 '45 42 55 7 18