Race Against Time (Parkhurst Products Limited), c.1955
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1 The Torch Race; The First Olympics, 1000 B.C.
2 Chariot Race - 652 B.C.
3 Atlanta's Race
4 Clipper Ships; 10 Seconds to Go
5 Steamboat Race 1,218 Miles; Down the Mississippi
6 Oxford-Cambridge Race; Dead Heat in 1877
7 Singles Sculling 5 Miles; Hanlan Wins Ned Hanlan
8 Ice Boat 1 Mile; 70-Year-Old Record for Single-Seater
9 Bicycle 1 Mile; 40 Miles an Hour; 1898
10 The Olympic Marathon; Longboat Collapses After 18 Miles Tom Longboat
11 Airship - 4,000 Miles; Airship Race 1907
12 Amundsen Wins; Race to the South Pole
13 10,000 Meter Run; "Phantom Finn" in Full Stride Paavo Nurmi
14 200 Meter Sprint; Williams Double Winner 1928 Olympics Percy Williams
15 Harmsworth Trophy Race; She Sinks
16 Schooner Race 37 1/5 Miles; Bluenose Beats Gertrude L
17 Outboard Motorboat 1 Mile; Dupuy Sets New Record 1939
18 Solo Around the World; Around the World in Four Days; 1947 B. Odom
19 Automobile Speed 1 Mile; Seven Miles a Minute
20 Race Horse Miles; Citation Runs Alone, Pimlico 1948
21 Boston Marathon; 4th Win for Cote, 1948 Gerard Cote
22 Ottawa Dog Derby 100 Miles; Milk Wagon Cheats Lepine of $1,000 Prize - 1949
23 Motorcycle 1 Mile; 3 Miles a Minute
24 The Grand National; 36 Start - 3 Finish
25 Ocean Crossing 2,942 Miles; World Record on First Trip
26 Race Horse 6 1/2 Furlongs; Native Dancer Equals World Record
27 German Team Wins at '52 Olympics; Olympic Bob Sled Race
28 Greyhound Derby 675 Yard; 37 Miles an Hour
29 Aeroplane - 100 Kilometers; Woman Breaks Sound Barrier
30 Queen's Plate - 9 Fur.; Canadiana Wins in 1953
31 Soap Box Derby - 975.4 Feet; Freddy Mohler Wins '53 Derby
32 Indianapolis 500 Miles; Vukovich Wins 500-Mile Classic in '53 Billy Vukovich
33 The Hambletonian 1 Mile; Helicopter Wins in 1953
34 Aeroplane - 3 Kilometers; Breaking the Sound Barrier
35 Mexican Road Race 1,934 Miles; Stevenson Wins Again
36 Aeroplane Speed - Skyrocket; 22 Miles a Minute
37 Chuck Wagon Race 1/2 Mile; New Record Set
38 Men's Mile Run; Wind Robs Landy of 4-Minute Mile 1954 John Landy
39 Space Ship Race; First to the Moon
40 The Last Race; Death Wins Another Race
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