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ML/ RECORD BROKENGEORGE1 H.; HARRIS'S RIDE TO • UTICA AND RETURN.jtoffOfB . Accu!ii}m«kd J|lm«-Tli« Trip Wi»a Cuvlt;t«i! itt T*mi ltouk* uml .Tlt;ui , MiuuU*—Hurry . Alulfcll £UdU til? :v l'uriiiW UucufU Jor Neurly i» Y^r*:. . • • ■ • i ••. George H. Harris of the Syracuee Athletic association and George P. Hoeers yesterday rode ro Utica and return iu Id hours and 10 tributes, a distance of IW miles,and broke the record-over the course, which was held, by liarrv Morrell—11 hours and 20 . minutes.' This ts actual time absent.At liSOA. M. the ’cycle rsV wi tit Frank B.Pitts: and’Charles-Frahklya, -startedfrom the clubhouse,r and a110:10 Harris and Iiogers wheeled up in frout oi the St. James 'hotel, having made the ran In S hours and bdmiauies. the hourof arrival being vertlied.by C- E. While. j Aa hoar and a quarter ;\vm occupied:! witbpinnerand rest, when the wheelmen .started- ior home. . Franklyn { stopped on the way and did not reach j the city until a o’clock last night. Pitts lost his podtetbook with ten dollars in it at Clnttenangd, aud ga ve up; Harris and lidgers took . turns at set-xing the pace. They had a hard time: reaching home, for a - stiff wind ; was biow.iag oirectly in their laces. -; There ate a few iuterasthisrtactstc-gardiit this record, which has been a.: oonc ol coatentio'n, betweenThn Syracuse A ui to tic - association, aad the Ccu-. turv.'Cycling clubs for two years. Key -. s. Smith was .the first. Syracusan to try for a record over the: course and , he matie it in It ls'ours asa M.ininutes. , Tlieu John. Wilkinson and : George ..IL.! • Harris went for. the rime,.but they, stopped at the Utica 'Cycling- ' club toouse/ a nille and it. half distant from St. James’s hoteU where Smith put up,. and therefore-, the record- was;never credited,. although they, rode via- 10 hours and-10 minutes.. Harry. Morrell of the Gerttury “Cycling club . was the next man. tu try lor it, and he reduced ' the mark/to 10 liours and 30 minutes. • Morrell/ Was accompanied’ by/Charles Iliggins UTid:iL*Ioe At well. but the lat-,'.ter?5 wheel broke dowa and: Higgins dropped oat to help - him uf - :.Wiur;*no• nace-tnaker Morrell:: made a gallant •ride. : This was on October. .Tilth,,and1 iater. AVilKinsoa :and. Benjamin : made:. an attempt .'to ‘lower/the record.* It:. Was:rrcnortcd./that; rthe . time would . have/been'something - like nine - hours,-but/:Wilkinson's wheel .broke . going throughrOneidu* and .Benjamin would: hot leave:btm/ /:.:.^hfe,Century:, hoys will never be ;con-• ich inn ti I •: one of • thei r • men ■ co vers Utica add returns under Harris’s time.; * The latter, has ridden, a wheel: ever since the' advent otifcycling..in ;Syra-... euse..’ He:is-s3:orrin .stature and very• powerful,; and - is known;for .the long distance;rides he has taken.- •
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Syracuse Evening Herald

Syracuse, New York, US

Mon, Jul 24, 1893

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