The 6 Day Race became a standard distance in the 1870s and was a popular form of entertainment where up to 70,000 paying visitors, in 1877, came to watch the Pedestrians battle it out.
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Famous quotes containing the words day and/or race:
“Man’s last day must ever be awaited and none to be
counted happy until his death, until his last funeral rites
are paid.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)