Sporting and Athletic Records

xviii I N T R O D U C T I O N pacemakers we allow the rider to change horses with sufficient frequency, the cyclist still shows in front, covering 100 miles in over 40 minutes less time than a rider using 16 horses. In a six day race we find the cyclist doing 1910 miles, the man running 623 miles, and the man on horseback (using one horse all the time) 559 miles. Further comment, when deemed necessary, will be found at the beginning of each section dealing with the different kinds of sport.