1885 - Aberdeen - 28 Dec to 4 Jan 1886
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Press Cuttings from 19th Century Newspapers
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FIFTEEN HOURS PROFESSIONAL CONTEST Aberdeen Weekly Journal (Scotland) Monday, 28-Dec-1885
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ABERDEEN - THE BICYCLE COMPETITION Aberdeen Weekly Journal (Scotland) Friday, 1-Jan-1886
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BICYCLE CONTEST IN ABERDEEN Dundee Courier Argus (Scotland) Tuesday, 5-Jan-1886
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This reports states that the race finished “last evening” i.e. Monday 4-Jan-1886. But normally the Aberdeen races had been running Saturday to Saturday - with Sunday excluded. Perhaps the New Year falling on the Friday in 1886 meant that it carried over another weekend (again excluding the Sunday).
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S CLARK
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280 miles
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3 laps
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2
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W CLARK
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280 miles
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3 laps
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3
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W RITCHIE
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277 miles
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5 laps
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4
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T BATTENSBY
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260 miles
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3 laps
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5
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J D LUMSDEN
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223 miles
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7 laps
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