Sporting and Athletic Records

72 CYCLING-BICYCLE V.—AMERICAN RECORDS VI.—FRENCH RECORDS Triplet BRITISH AMATEUR RECORDS Multicycles QUAD AND QUINT RECORDS Tricycle I.—WORLD'S RECORDS II.—WORLD'S AMATEUR RECORDS Tandem Trciycle BRITISH AMATEUR RECORDS Road Records I.—BRITISH ROAD RECORDS II.—PLACE TO PLACE RECORDS Unlike most other Athletic records, Cycling records are by no means the almost exclusive property of the British. At the short sprints the Americans appear to beat us: while at the longer distances those two wonderful Frenchmen, HURET and RIVIERRE, practi­ cally sweep the board. It is true that the extraordinary American times are made in America and may depend to some extent on climatic conditions —MICHAEL has recently eclipsed all his English performances in the States—but French superiority in long distance cycling is a fact which must be accepted without qualification. It will be interesting to glance at a few of the more important world's records for bicycles. The Flying Quarter Mile has been done in 20 '/si- by the Amer-