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TSm«.Ibptviai aiui Copyrights l 1At high noon on May IB, two of Cl cage’s speediest cyclers will begin ll famous relay race against time to Nt York city, and from the moment tl start is mad to tho end there will be i rest and no intermission for the dough! men w ho are to take up the tnesse* from point to point and carry it on, 1 ik the wind, to those in watting at the nestation. New York citr has not takan intense interest in this race, althoug idl along the route the bicycle organicitN. IT. VAX VTCKLEN.tions are preparing to join the flyers over their respective ten or fifteen mile courses. The manager of the race fruui end to end is Tom Roe, a man who has covered the distance from coast to coast in the best time ever made, and w ho, as far as endurance and pluck is concerned, stands in the front rank of cyclers.All told 1,000 miles will be covered in ninety hours or lews. This means a speed of fifteen miles an hour over a route which is at times ea«y and at times bo difficult that bicyclers wiii be compelled to reverse matters and carry the wheel. The last division is between Albany and New York, a distance of 138 miles. This is in charge of L. C. Hoard man, who will probaaly not be able to take an active part, owing to the accident which overtook him at a trial from Albany to this city recently. 1 understand that his collar bone w'hs broken and that he sustained other injuries which will debar him from riding for some time. The entries which have been sent to him at his office. No. 21 Park row, during the past few weeks are exceedingly numerous, and during the next two or three days he will probably make his final selections. The distance of 138 miles is to be covered in thirteen hours and fifteen minutes, and twenty-six men are to bo detailed for duty. In the last batch will be that famous western ruler, N. H. \ an Sickieu, who will make the start from Chicago, riding to Kensington, and will then take the train to New York city, where he will couie in over the course of the last ten miles to the headquarters in Harlem. Ten of the men who are to ride in the last division have been chosen from Albany cycling clubs.Tom Hoe has personal charge of the de tail work in the first two divisions. This covers the distanco from Chicago to South Toledo, going by way of Kensington. Hammond, Tolies ton, Porter, Chesterton, Otis, Laporte. South Bend, Goshen, Ligonier, Kendallville, Waterloo, Bryan, Napoleon and Toledo. The distance is 234 miles, and it ia to be covered in twenty-three hours. The men who have been chosen to cover the distance to Goshen are N. II. Van Sicklen, George K. Barrett, E. €, Bode, C. P. Root, William Young, A. T. Harriet, F. Howard Tuttle. F. E Spooner. From Goshen to South Toledo L. D. Hunger, A. E. Lumden, George Thorne, Cy Davis, ft, B. Barwise, Harry Cassaday, E. W. Ballard and J. P. Bliss will carry theTOM KOE.me sage. In other words, the Chicago o* t-^pect to cover one-fourth of the journey, when the Ohio men will toko their turn, and will be superseded later y the Pennsylvania cracks, who willdually give way to the cyclers the Empire state. N an Sicklen perhaps the best road rider ,he country for a distance wenty-five miles. Ilia trophies will flu i handbag and he is represented hereith about half of them on his manlyofisinofAosom. He is a magnificent rider on arough rond and has been cycling since 1879, breaking the American twenty-five mile record two yeare ago and almost invariably winning the Pullman road race time prize.The speediest long distance rider next to Tom Hoe who will participate in this on test is F. Ed. Spooner. He holds the wenty-four hour record in America andms determined to make an effort thisutnrner to break IioldeiiTs world record or the same time, which is oyer 380miles.The third and fourth divisions arc over ne stretches of roads, and L. G. Coltoni.»Hlis managing: the distant from j nth Toledo to Cleveland, will take the iMD «TrFk1 yt-tanTMRePV!*44ftham mn *^ago at the starting point, w inn? two *i the crack wheel men of the Clevelandd lb will finish in that cur. James Jo cphi. another Ohio cycler of note, will make the start at Clev§Jaud covering thedis *nce to Fainer Villc, wlnls (wo of iiiscrack assistants will take the message at tha iotnt and ride over a magnificent bit of ro id wav to Ashtabula. Then without a moment’s intermission tho dispatchvvil be sent to Conueattt. this distance of six y-eight miles to be covered in six ho .re and fifty minutes. From .Con-* aut to Erie and on to North East will require some hard riding, and five hours *nd ton minutes will bo allowed for the listance of forty three miles, which is to bo in charge of H. i \ Cjrawfoidi Here it in where the Pennsylvania boys will make their Huai spurts, going on from North East to Westfield, then via l 'unkirk to Buffalo, and with a rush on to Batavia, where the Bochester men will take hold. The si retch from N orth Fast to Rochester, s distance of Ml mitee, is to be covered in fifteen hours and thirty-five minutes, and I). H. Lewis, one of the beet yclers of lYonnylvania, has mcked the very strongest ]men in his territory to make the flyers. C. J. Connelly* a Rochester cycler, will »tai t with a companion in the race to Lyons, and the best men he has picked w ill carry themet sage on the Syracuse. The roadway between Rochester and Syracuse in another fine stretch of ground, and the distance of eighty miles is to he made in seven hours and thirty»tive minutes.At Syracuse William Spaulding’sman will take hold and will coverthe distance from Syracuse toUtica, via Rome, fifty-three miles, in five hours and fifteen minutes. Utica will have Edward H. Crosby in readiness with a team of fine cyclers placedat convenient points near Fonda and Schenectady. The teams will make the run into Albany from Utica, covering the distance ot ninety-five miles in uino hours and thirty minutes. The last division from Albany to New York city will witness some remarkable spurting, and men from all along the line will he on band to witness the finishing of the great race against time.In accordance with the regulations two riders must start in each relay, the fastest to carry the message; but each rider starting will be asked to cover the full distance to guard aguHyt possible accidents, of wnich there will no doubt bol ’ft!jtfUBTufci?* **■ wk*nOAKlM\N.[On trial relay between Albany aud New York.]quite a number. As to the length of relays, wmie tliey will average something like ten miles, the managers of the various divisions are by no means compelled to limit themselves in any way. All will depend upon tho conditions ofthe roads and the ability of the riders, and the relays as laid out vary from eight to thirty miles. Under the rules themen at each relay station are to be in readiness for two hours be fere the start. Not a single moment is to be lost in the traua-missiou of the message. As the riderwheels up to the sUlbn ho makes nostop but hands the menage to the alreadystarted cycler, who is to cover the distance ahead* Whether it is midnight or noon, Egyptian darkness or the brightest of sunlight, ruin, sleet or mist, there will be no delay.The object of this relay’ride is two-fold. In tha hist place it is to be the beginning of an agitation for better roads, and in the second place it is to be a test of speed and endurance on easy us well as on difficult stretches. That remarkable time wdl be made goes without question, andtne Chicago bo vs predict that they willcover one-quarter of the distance in twohours less than schedule time. While the average per hour is to lo about fifteen miles, it is believed that Osmond’s famous three-hour record will be equaled, putieulariy on fine strutches inIliiuois and Indians. Osmond, it will be lembered, made u distance of 22 miles and 1,895 yards in ous hour, 44 miles and 450 yaidu in two hours, and 63 mi lea and 40 yards iathree hours. 1 T s* lone 50 miles o i hfairly ea*y road in two hours aud seventeen minutes. Both of these performances were m England, where greater care is taken of roadways. It is believed that Hoyle and Smith, a. C. Tyler and E. A. McDutTee, will be in the race at some points along the line. All of these have a record of twenty-tive miles in one hour and twenty minutes. That means almost a mils in three minutes. WYndie aud ltimmerman, two of the best riders in the country f»r short distances, will probably not take part in the contest. No one believes that Windie’s world record of a mile in 2 minutes and 15 seconds will lie surpassed, and it seems quite impossible that Zimmerman s half mile in 1 minute and 6 4*5 seconds will be etjualeu.Owing to the absence from the state of a number of the biaveat and best of its editors, who are attending the national meeting at bin r■ rancisco, tho limpidstream of harmony, which buret fromtho rock at Kearney a f*w days ago will(low on unfretted for a couple of weeks.That is, the thi.n iors of the jackass bat -teries will die sway to distant echoes, end the traitors will come boldly forth, and return to the hiding place at leisureami tftrtti binHIEWIHr let«vNrXJp infar trlook itWilllistructbit ofcastlelightsof it a whichthis it! tha bebe pis press! entrmreiimilie in Emilylute V weekprepaithe rename■VTriillundTenth fuin orIt isweatli of tma lead o terv Ucent v mentunodeitombvie mg and tlvv howeariiJUHtbright on theboule^to themanyreadvranger sandfe spread novel their t Her thatI!iTHE 11will Icontawill b as ingreati men i ute. indueaunoimadeWiUii Astor lifeloi the r Bourj the In and fTrinitI waboutandobaeqtemptthe cwhenmuch death he costate,fa mil
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Lincoln Semi Weekly Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Fri, May 20, 1892
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