he had attained a unique position as a crack velocipede rider. indeed one to compare with what the great arthur zimmerman became a quarter of a century later. he raced in france and england, and it is a peculiar fact that he was acclaimed as the 'flying frenchie' on your side of the channel and "l'anglais volant" on the other. between 1868 and 1877, the year of his retirement, he proved almost unbeatable in both countries.