Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1910 — MILE RECORDS ON LAND. [ARTICLE]

MILE RECORDS ON LAND.

Electric tooomotirt Makes the Beat, Awto Cornea Next. ' For convenience in comparing speeds made on land by various vehicles as well as by horses and men the following table of mile records has been prepared by a writer ip the Metropolitan: Electric locomotive, 27 seconds, 1903. Automobile, 28% seconds, 1906. Steam locomotive, 32 seconds, 1893. Motor cycle, 1 minute 6 1-5 seconds, 1904. Bicycle, unpaced, 1 minute 49 2-5 seconds, 1904. Running horse, 1 minute 35% seconds, 1890. Pacing horse, 1 minute 55 seconds, 1906. Trotting horse, 1 minute 58% seconds, 1905. Man skating, 2 minutes 36 seconds, 1896. Man running, 4 minutes 12% seconds, 1887. Man walking, 6 minutes 23 seconds, 1890. It will be observed that the ence between the locomotive and the automobile Is trifling. For 100 miles the record of the steam locomotive is much better than that of the auto. However, both the electric locomotive and the auto may be expected to show further Improvement, as their development Is incomplete, while their steam brother has attained about the limit The horse racing and foot racing records added to the table were all made In recent years. Evidently we breed better and train better than evft- before.