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THE BRIGHTON ROAD 



BRIGHTON ROAD RECORDS. 

 Riding, Driving, Cycling, Running, Walking, etc. 



Date. 



Time. 



1784, July 25. 



„ Aug. 21. 

 1809, May. 

 1831, June 19. 



1833, Oct, 



1834, Feb. 4. 



1868, Mar. 20. 



1869, Feb. 17. 



„ Mar. 6. 

 ,, April 14. 



1872, Sept. 19. 



1873, Aug. 16. 



1874, April 27, 



1878, — . 



1884, — . 



1886, April 10. 



1888, Jan. 



Prince of Wales rode horseback from 

 the " Pavilion," Brighton, to Carlton 

 House, London, and returned 



Going ..... 

 Returning .... 



Prince of Wales drove pha?ton, three 

 horses tandem, from Carlton House 

 to " Pavilion " 



Cornet Webster of the 10th Light 

 Dragoons, rode horseback from 

 Brighton to Westminster Bridge 



The " Red Rover " coach, leaving the 

 " Elephant and Castle " at 4 p.m., 

 reached Brighton 8.21 . 



Walter Hancock's steam-carriage 

 " Autopsy " performed the distance 

 between Stratford and Brighton 

 (Halted 3 hours on road. Actual 

 running time, 5 hrs. 30 mins.) 



" Criterion " coach, London to 

 Brighton ..... 



Benjamin B. Trench walked Kenning - 

 ton Church to Brighton and back 

 (100 miles) 



John May all, jun., rode a velocipede 

 from Trafalgar Square to Brighton 

 in " about " .... 



W. M. and H. J. Chinnery walked from 

 Westminster Bridge to Brighton 



C. A. Booth rode a velocipede London 

 to Brighton .... 



Amateur Bicycle Club's race, London 

 to Brighton ; won by A. Temple, 

 riding a 44 -in. wheel 



Six members of the Surrey B.C. and 

 six of the Middlesex B.C. rode to 

 Brighton and back, starting from 

 Kennington Oval at 6.1 a.m. 

 Causton, captain of the Surrey, 

 reached the " Albion," Brighton, in 

 4 hrs. 51 mins., riding a 50-in. Keen 

 bicycle. W. Wood (Middlesex) did 

 the 100 miles .... 



A. Howard cycled Brighton to London 



P. J. Burt walked from Westminster 

 Clock Tower to Aquarium, Brighton 



C. L. O'Malley walked from West- 

 minster Clock Tower to Aquarium, 

 Brighton ..... 



J. A. Mcintosh walked from West- 

 minster Clock Tower to Aquarium, 

 Brighton ..... 



Horse " Ginger " trotted to Brighton . 



m. s. 



11 



4 

 ! 10 



9 



9 



25 



8 



25 



52 



48 



25 8 



16 30 



