Having spent some time training in Norway, he set up an agency to sell Norwegian skates in Britain.

[citation needed] During the Championship Skating Match in January 1887, about 2,000 persons attended the championship skating match at Grantchester, near Cambridge, when eighteen competed in a three-mile race, with six turns.

He was beaten in the fourth round by Fish Smart, the champion, by half a yard; but in the final heat Fish Smart broke a skate, and Carter, of Welney, won first honours.

[4] Smart took the British professional title from his older brother George at Lingay Fen in January 1889.

In January 1891 the NSA[clarification needed] arranged a flying start mile for him, which he completed in 3 mins.