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Jefferson Davis

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
August
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Harvey Stofflet wou the ïiiuth prize iu the Hilsendegeu road race in Detroit Saturday. This great bicycle race had 161 contestants. Stofflet carne in eight seconds after the first man who had a minute and a half's start of Stofflet He made the tweuty-five miles in oue honr, six miuutes and three secouds. The time prize was wou b.v T. R. Eddy in just forty-eight seconds less time thau Stofflet made his twenty-five miles. Stoftiet's fast racing may be judged by the fact that the world's record up to Saturday was five seconds f aster than Stofflet's time. And five seconds ou twenty-five miles is a very brief fractiou of time. The prize that Stofflet oarried off was a $50 silver water set.

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News