Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -oungster has crept up and sideb_\- side the two Englishmen race. No onecan guess the winner. It is a magnificent. START OK A LAOIKS K.\CE (QUEEN S CUTil. 252 LIVING LONDON. spectacle of nerve and endurance. Yetthe final mile tells its tale. The pace istoo hot for the new hand, and the oldstager, spurting for all he is worth, graduallyoutdistances his opponent and passes thewinning-post a hundred yards ahead. Another da_\ we can visit Heme Milland witness the Six Hours race which isdepicted on pag
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -oungster has crept up and sideb_\- side the two Englishmen race. No onecan guess the winner. It is a magnificent. START OK A LAOIKS K.\CE (QUEEN S CUTil. 252 LIVING LONDON. spectacle of nerve and endurance. Yetthe final mile tells its tale. The pace istoo hot for the new hand, and the oldstager, spurting for all he is worth, graduallyoutdistances his opponent and passes thewinning-post a hundred yards ahead. Another da_\ we can visit Heme Milland witness the Six Hours race which isdepicted on page 248. The illustrationshows the event in full swing. Tandemsare making the pace, and the competitors,as fresh as paint, though they have beenpedalling their machines for four hours,are moving at a speed that would rivalmany a train. At the Crystal Palace and at WoodGreen, where there are also magnificenttracks, equally tussles may beseen, while, if we feel inclined, we can bepresent at a ladies race—such as the oneat the Queens Club illustrated on theprevious page. And here we have ampledemonstration of the splendid stuff ofwhich the British girl is made. Her pluckis no less surprisingthan th
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