Sporting and Athletic Records

76 CYCLING-BICYCLE Distance Time Rider Nationality Place Date Kilomfctres H. M. s. 8 12 o'jt Maurice (P.) French Buffalo, 26 Sept.'95 Paris [4 miles 1709 yds.] 10 15 o\i „ [6 miles376 yds.] 16 2 $ i i e / s J.Dubois (P.^ [9 miles 1658 yds.] 20 31 29% „ 30 47 i3'/» 3 2 5 0 2i , i» [19 miles 1555 yds.] Buffalo, 31 Aug. '94 Paris Bordeaux 20 Sept. '96 40 1 9 39 Baze (P.) [24 miles 1504 yds.] 50 1 25 35 [31 miles 122 yds.] 60 1 44 18 „ „ „ „ 68 1 59 54 [42 miles 447yds.] 100 <r 34 7 */» H.Desgranges (P.) „ Buffalo, 1 Aug. '93 [62 miles244 yds.] Paris C. Paced—Flying Start Rider Nationality Place Date Distance Time Miles M. s. t 'n 20 a /iJ. S. Johnson (P.)American Nashville, 28 Oct.'96 Tenn. '/» 27 4 / li „ „ „ 29 Oct.'96 V« 44 '/• <r A Mr. R ousset (French Amateur) aged 63 (i), who lives near Bordeaux, rode a twenty-four hours' unpaced race alone onthe Velodrome du Pare, Bordeaux, 5 and 6 September 1896, as a prelude to retiring from more active cycling !In 12 hours he rode 276-836 Kilometres [172miles 36 yards] and in 24 hours 516796 Kilometres [321miles 222 yards].