Florrant, the speediest jambard,
required thirty-six seconds to run the same distance; and was,
moreover, defeated by two other cuissards besides the champion.
The junior race was won in thirty-five seconds, and this curious
day's sport was ended by a course de consolation, which was
carried off in thirty-three seconds by M. Mausire, but whether he
was a cuissard or a jambard was not stated.
On several occasions in England, cricket matches have been
organized between armless and legless men. In Charles Dickens'
paper, "All the Year Round," October 5, 1861, there is a
reference to a cricket match between a one-armed eleven and a
one-legged eleven. There is a recent report from De Kalb,
Illinois, of a boy of thirteen who had lost both legs and one
arm, but who was nevertheless enabled to ride a bicycle specially
constructed for him by a neighboring manufacturer. With one hand
he guided the handle bar, and bars of steel attached to his
stumps served as legs. He experienced no trouble in balancing the
wheel; it is said that he has learned to dismount, and soon
expects to be able to mount alone; although riding only three
weeks, he has been able to traverse one-half a mile in two
minutes and ten seconds.
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