| | | | |1833, Oct. |Walter Hancock's steam-carriage "Autopsy" | | | | performed the distance between Stratford | | | | and Brighton | 8 30 0| | | (Halted 3 hours on road. Actual | | | | running time, 5 hrs. 30 mins.) | | | | | | |1834, Feb. 4. |"Criterion" coach, London to Brighton | 3 40 0| | | | | |1868, Mar. 20. |Benjamin B. Trench walked Kennington Church | | | | to Brighton and back (100 miles) |23 0 0| | | | | |1869, Feb. 17. |John Mayall, jun., rode a velocipede from | | | | Trafalgar Square to Brighton in "about" |12 0 0| | | | | | " Mar. 6. |W. M. and H. J. Chinnery walked from | | | | Westminster Bridge to Brighton |11 25 0| | | | | | " April 14. |C. A. Booth rode a velocipede London to | | | | Brighton | 9 30 0| | | | | |1872, Sept. 19.|Amateur Bicycle Club's race, London to | | | | Brighton; won by A. Temple, riding a 44-in.| | | | wheel | 5 25 0| | | | | |1873, Aug. 16. |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 |11 8 0| | | | | |1874, April 27.|A. Howard cycled Brighton to London | 4 25 0| | | | | |1878, --. |P. J. Burt walked from Westminster Clock | | | | Tower to Aquarium, Brighton |10 52 0| | | | | |1884, --. |C. L. O'Malley walked from Westminster Clock | | | | Tower to Aquarium, Brighton | 9 48 0|