The pace until then had been a steady evens .
Once the pacers came into the road , the speed leapt up to more than 35 mph , and the sudden change proved too much for the Yorkshireman unaccustomed to such a move .
The pace until then had been a steady evens , but once the pacers came into the road , the speed leapt up to more than 35 mph , and the sudden change proved too much for the Yorkshireman unaccustomed to such a move .