Bicycle versus Horse.
An interesting match between three bicyclists and a Russian trotter took place the other day at the International Bicycle Races at the- old Exhibition Building in „ the Prater at Vienna. The prize was2,"^of, and the distance 10,000 metres,, bein fo forty times round the course. Three bicyclists took part in it - a Mr Duncan, from London ; M. Jules Dubois, from Paris ; and M. Paul Medingar, from Bordeaux. The Russian trotter, a handsome grey, belonged to Heir Stefan Tupan, of Vienna. After a second round 'the bicyclists took the lead and finally, after a nineteen minutes' race, the horse was easily beaten, the result being a deh<d heat between the two Ifrenohmen. p The second race, in which the three previous competitors ran again, was won by Mr Duncan, who cleared a distance of 1,000 1 metres in lmin. 52secs. '
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 208, 25 June 1887, Page 8
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142Bicycle versus Horse. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 208, 25 June 1887, Page 8
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