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A FAIR GLOBE GIROLER. .Plucky Mrs. Mcllrath Accompanying Her Husband on His World's llicycle Tour.Unabashed by the tragic fate of Prank Lcnz, who was undoubtedly murdered by tho savage Kurds In Armenia, Mr. and^1lt;s‘ ®arw*n Me*Ilrath of Chicago haver il:^T C Started to girdle theI lJn9 * globe on their bicycles.^ \ Men globe girdlers arer^t by no means a novelty,n. D. M’ILRATH.for Thomas Sto- yf^bv/ ^ / ■gwV vens, Thomas (. **Allen and \Villiam^5^ Y\|L. Sachtleben havo \ 1 vjkj ■demonstrated that \a plucky rider may MRS. M’lLKATH.pedal a bicycle entirely around the earth. Tho woman globe girdler has not thus far proved her right to tho title by riding tho necessary 25,000 miles. Miss Annie Londonderry is now completing an alleged bicycle ride around tho world, but has mado such astounding time through Europo and Asia that her riding must havo boon dono on steamers and railroads.Mrs. Mcllrath, however, feels oertaln that she can actually rido the entiro distance on her bicycle and be as much In evidence at the finish as her husband. She is a brunette, 5 feet 2 inches tall. Sho has always lived a quiet home life, and prior to her marriage two years ago claimed Defiance, O., as her home. To her the result of the trip seems but a foregone conclusion. Like Mrs. Corbett, the wife of Champion James, she “knows her husband will win.’’ Her strength and endurance must not be underestimated because of her diminutive stature, as for two months Mrs. Mcllrath has accompanied her husband upon a daily rido of from 30 to 60 miles in all kinds of weather and overall grades of road.Mr. Mcllrath is of athletic physique, 0 feet in height and weighs about 160 pounds. The love of athletics and field sports he bears is honestly borne, as the birthplace of this gentleman was tho “old Mcllrath homestead,” Cleveland, wellknown to all Ohioans as tho home of Uncle Abner and his seven 0 foot sons. Uncle Abner was a giant in stature, 6 feet 0 inches, 260 pounds in weight and has been known to lift over 1,000 pounds without harness or appliance and yet sufficiently agile to vault over an ordinary horse. An indefatigable fox hunter and cross country rider, he was well known to all in tho early days of Cleveland.His grandson in choosing a vocation to pursue in life selected that of a physician, but alter three years of hard study drifted into tho journalistic field, and as a cyclist and journalist now is confident that the blending of the physical and montal training of the past six years will serve him well in tliis the great effort of his life. Ho is an expert road rider, has an oxcellont physical development and is 81 years of age. His tour is being mado under the auspices of the Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Warren Evening News
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, May 03, 1895
Page 2
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