Show MILE RECORDS ON LAND For convenience In comparing speeds made on land by b various arlous vehicles as 3 well as by b horses and men the following table of or mile records lies has been prepared by a writer In the Metropolitan Electric locomotive 27 To 2 seconds 1903 1900 Automobile seconds second 1904 1905 Steam locomotive 32 2 seconds 1332 Motor paced cycle ccle 1 minute see sec seconds lOOt Bicycle 1 minute 49 9 25 seconds 19 1904 H Running horse 1 minute seconds lS W 1 i PaCIng Tracing horse 1 minute 35 5 seconds 1305 1900 Trotting horse borse 1 minute seconds 1905 Man Ian skating 2 minutes 36 3 seconds 1896 Man Ian running 4 minutes 12 seconds Man tIan walking G 6 minutes 23 3 seconds 1890 It Il will be observed that the difference between the locomotive and the automo automobile automobile bile hUe Is Ia L trifling trl For Joo miles the record of the steam locomotive Is much better than that of the auto However both the elec electric electric locomotive e and the auto may ma be ex expected expected to show further Improvement as their development Is Incomplete while their th ir steam brother has bas attained about the limit The Time horse horle racing and foot rac racing racIng ing Inc records added to the table were all made In recent years rears Evidently we 1 breed better and train better than ever e r before |