Even the efforts of cyclists seem to for a time have spent themselves, for 1905 witnessed only the new unpaced record made July 19th by R. Shirley, who cycled there and back in 5 hrs. 22 mins. 5 secs., thus shearing off a mere 8 mins. 5 secs. from Green's performance of so long as three years before. What the future may have in store none may be so hardy as to prophesy. Finality has a way of ever receding into the infinite, and when the unpaced cyclist shall have beaten the paced record of 5 hrs. 6 mins. 42 secs. made by Neason in 1897, other new fields will arise to be conquered. And let no one say that speed and sport on the Brighton Road have finally declined, for, as we have seen, it is abundantly easy in these days for a popular Press to "call spirits from the vasty deep," and arouse sporting enthusiasm almost to frenzy, whenever and wherever it is "worth the while." Thus, in pedestrianism, other new times have since been set up. On September 22nd, 1906, J. Butler, in the Polytechnic Harriers' Open Walk, finished to Brighton in 8 hrs. 23 mins. 27 secs. On June 22nd, 1907, Hammond performed the double journey, London to Brighton and back, in 18 hrs. 13 mins. 37 secs. And on May 1st, 1909, he regained the single journey record by his performance of 8 hrs. 18 mins. 18 secs. On September 4th of the same year H. L. Ross further reduced the figures to 8 hrs. 11 mins. 14 secs. BRIGHTON ROAD RECORDS. RIDING, DRIVING, CYCLING, RUNNING, WALKING, ETC. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Date. | | Time. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | | |h. m. s.| |1784, July 25. |Prince of Wales rode horseback from the | | | | "Pavilion," Brighton, to Carlton House, | | | | London, and returned |10 0 0| | | Going | 4 30 0| | | Returning | 5 30 0| | | | | | " Aug. 21. |Prince of Wales drove phæton, three horses | | | | tandem, from Carlton House to "Pavilion" | 4 30 0| | | | | |1809, May. |Cornet Webster of the 10th Light Dragoons, | | | | rode horseback from Brighton to | | | | Westminster Bridge | 3 20 0| | | | | |1831, June 19. |The "Red Rover" coach, leaving the "Elephant | | | | and Castle" at 4 p.m., reached Brighton | | | | 8.21 | 4 21 0|