Physical training for high speed competitions / by Percy Furnivall.

  • Furnivall, Percy, 1868-
Date:
1888
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Credit: Physical training for high speed competitions / by Percy Furnivall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    subject of this paper from practical experience, a list of his chief wins in 1885-7 (when he was 18-20) is given below. He was, in 1885. One-]\Iile Tricycle Champion, and Holder of the Oue-lfile Tricycle Record. „ Holder of the Two, Three, Four, and Five-Mile Tricycle Records. ,, Holder of the One-Mile and Five Mile Bicycle Record*. „ Holder (with G. Gatehouse) of the One, Two, Three, Four, and Five- Mile Tandem Records. „ Winner of 11 Prizes in his 11 Races (7 firsts, 3 seconds, 1 third) with the English Team in America. 1886. One-Mile and Five-Mile Bicycle Champion. ,, One-Mile Tricycle Champion. ,, Champion of the Racing Cychsts' Club. „ Winner of the International Challenge Shield and City Challenge Cup, Surrey Challenge Cup and Trophy, Kildai'e Challenge Cup, &c. ; Bicycle. ,, Winner of 18 Firsts, and 3 Seconds (through illness), in his 21 Races. ,, Rider of 1 Mile in 2 min. 30 sec., in Aug. at Long Eaton. „ Holder of the Bicycle Records for a quarter, half, three-quarters, and whole mile. 1887. Holder of the Bicycle Records for a quarter-mile, and from 11 to 17 miles, and 19 to 25 miles. ,, Winner of the Surrey Challenge Cup outright: 10 miles. Bicycle. 1884,-5,-6,-7. Cliampion of the Bcrretta Club. (Some of the above Records were World's Records.)