Roller Coasting

from the Hamilton Spectator, August 8, 1885

A new amusement is running at Dundurn park, and people who delight in novel sensations should take it in. On the bank beyond the west lawn a circular track has been laid. It starts at a height of probably 30 feet from the ground, gradually works down and then rises again, and its circumference is over 500 feet. A car starts at the top with a load of people, whizzes around, and in less than eight seconds gets back again. It is carried up the ascent by its own gravitation. it has caught on in Toronto and wherever it has been tried, and there is no particular reason why it shouldn't be as popular here as elsewhere. The sensation is delightful, and those who have tried it consider it the finest fun going. The public will have an opportunity of trying it at the carpenters' and joiners' picnic to-day.

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