The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-14
THE CENTURY RUN.
The wheelmen on Their Long Journey
to the Quaker City.

The wheeImen on Their Long Journey
to the Quaker City.
OF on the Century run. The signal
was given at four O'Clock this morning,
and the wheels of two hundred bicycles
began to r~evolve, and the annual long
run was started. The start vas from the
Continental Hotel. Newark. 1t was not
a propitious day for the journey. IN Q
streets and roads are mud soaked,
and riding will be hard and slow
but the participants were determined to
undertake the task. One hundred
and nine left with the intention OF COM
pleting the journey to Philadelphia.
Three valiant ladies were among them.
A large delegation of wheelmen were
present to see the start and accompany
them on the trip as far as Elizabeth,
where the local wheelnen acted az
guides to Westfield, where the Plainfield
wheelmen met and piloted them to
Plainfield, wnere the riders had a short
rest and lunch. The schedule was TO
reach Somerviiie at nine o'clock, where a
short rest will be taken, HOpewell at
half-past eleven, Trenton at half-past one,
where diuner viii be served ut the Tren-
ton House at haif-past two. They are due
at Bristol at four p. m. and at Philadel-
phia at seven p. m. Their headquarters
will be at the Continental Hotel, that
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City tomorrow and return tomorrow after
loon by train.
The Hudson County Wheelmen are
represented, but the delegation is not as
formidable as IL was predicted it would
be. The starters are George NJ. Nc
Laughlin, Z. I. Mclaughlin, Jr., w.
Gibson Wilson nd #. w. Risdale.
The others w no started are:-
Brooklyn Bicycle Club-W. e. Fuller,
G. 4. Qufmby, G. l.. Warner, Nat.
Rogers. J. M. Williams, George d. Hol-
stein, II. e. Raymond, w. y. Maskerson,
G. K. Starr, Pierre Ackerson, Bert M.
Cole.
Poughkeepsie Wheelmen-H. NJ. Bull
lard, W. B. Hamill, Fred Bovine, H. Won
der Linden, Theo. M. Roberts, p. N.
Smyth, Irving Halstead and G. E.. Gil
bert.
South orange-T. o'ConorS Sloane.
Boston-C. S. Merrill.
Riverside WheeImen, New York;.
M. Cossitt.
MISUNDERSTANDING Mems, ]. A. NJ.
Beck and G. S. Dimon.
Philadelphia Bicycle Club-L. II. Rog-
ers. Jr., and T.. d. Olmstead.
Century Wheelmen, Philadelphia-C.
Degn,J. L. Bromley, w. G. Speier, Charles
Sulzner, J. S. Bretz, c. P. Allen, Jr., +.
FL. Garrigue, L.. Geyler, NJ. kerni, Jr.,
Milton Kerni, j. A. Wells, J. r. Nichols,
q. K. Schaub, +. q. S-trassburger, w. j.
Walker, j.. G. Luken, A. G. McGlatheny,
T. B. Schell, Jr., P. S. Collin, C.. G. Schell,
! Oscar RICHTER, r. @. Loos, w. L. Hen
kels, G. L. Ball, L. L. French, A. A. Tai
taravaI, j. w. Maud, w. G. Hilyard, c.
A. Warner and Daniel Levy.
South End Wheeimen, P~hiladelphta-
George Kirk, George McCung, Charles
| McCue. Jr., R. N. Wilen, G. A. Dimosi,
w. Greer, II. l.. Heflern, w. Clark, A. S.
Keyser. +. Hatcher, A. Soothing and Miss
Finckenburg.
Wissahickon Wheelmen, PHILADELPHIA
Miss Welch, w. L. WEIGH, G. f. Hoser
and Fl. Polmer.
Tioga Wheelmen-J. Van Dusen and
T. Jones.
Oxford Wheelmen-F. G. Garrigue, j,
@. Donelly, l.. Wagner, S. G. H. Gossier
and w. G. Schmidt.
Columbia Cycles. C. Adams, J. B.
Fontaine, J.. w. Clemens, Il. w. Busse-
min. 7. 9. Boyer, I. |. Sherman and w.
I. Bilger.
Park Avenue Wheelmen-O. A. Bunnell
and G. Devlin.
Camden Wheelmen-G. D. DoDbins, j.
J. Potters, James d. Downing, H. Weaver,
?. Fitheu. J. H. Crossley and E. o.
Rowe.
Mercer County Wheelmen-W. Her
man Apgar, Lewis F. Jones, William
Howard n William Richter.
Long Island Wheelmen-U. Palmedo.
Kings County Wheelmen-Philip c.
Finn.