The Wheel and cycling trade review . Kindly mention The mmm Copyright 1896, by F. P. Prial Co. Vol. XVIII., No. 12. New York and Chicago, November 6, 1896. Whole No. 454. EASY AS CAN BE. Bostons Famous Hill No I/onger Has theTerrors for Wheelmen It OnceHad. Historic Corey Hill, Boston, was stormed bya squad of cyclists on Saturday last, allstraining every muscle to reach the summitin the quickest possible time. The hill ishalf a mile long. The professional recordstands at 2 minutes flat by F. St. best amateur time was 2:14. Four mensucceeded in getting under the amateur fig-.
The Wheel and cycling trade review . Kindly mention The mmm Copyright 1896, by F. P. Prial Co. Vol. XVIII., No. 12. New York and Chicago, November 6, 1896. Whole No. 454. EASY AS CAN BE. Bostons Famous Hill No I/onger Has theTerrors for Wheelmen It OnceHad. Historic Corey Hill, Boston, was stormed bya squad of cyclists on Saturday last, allstraining every muscle to reach the summitin the quickest possible time. The hill ishalf a mile long. The professional recordstands at 2 minutes flat by F. St. best amateur time was 2:14. Four mensucceeded in getting under the amateur fig-. ures, but the professional time was notequalled. The men were started at intervalsof two minutes in the single and tandemclimbs. Robert Urquhart was the first manaway. He finished in 2:02, fourteen secondsunder the amateur record, and no one wasable to touch him. The tandem climb created much less than seven chains had been broken inpractice trials. Not a chain broke in the con-test. The Urquhart brothers pumped theirmachine up the hill at a sprin
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