Evening journal., 1892-05-23
THROUGH Rain AND MUD.
Plucky Bicyclists Finish the Big
Relay Race.
OVER THIRTEEN HOURS BELATED

Tho Great Run from Chicago 20 New
York Made in -Four Days and About
Fourteen Hours, but the Weather Could
Hardly Have Been More Unfavorabie.
NEW YonK, May 2s. The great relay BIZ.
cycle race from Chicago 10 New York ended
at los a. m. Monday. The last relay wheel
men were, therefore, nearly fourteen hours
late, as the time scheduled for their arrival
was ll15 a. m. The trip took days, l2
hours, minutes and As seconds.
j. Lansing Quick, the substitute Of w. s.
Campbell, bore the package, which was inn
mediately delivered TO Lieutenant Treat, Of
General Howard's staf, who bore the mes
sage to Governors island.
Quick reported that Campbells machine
broke down just after leaving Yonkers. The
riders were covered with mud. When
Campbell broke down Quick took the mes
sage and hurried along through the mud
and darkness alone, the other escort, A. B.
Rich, having also come TO grief Word was
received that Quick was alone and j. Glenn
ents, who was out to meet the messengers,
accompanied Quick 70 this city.
welcomed by a Crowd.
Notwithstanding the lateness of the hour,
large crowd was waiting at n Park row,
where the race was finished. Shouts an
nounced that the riders We're coming down
Broadway, and, rs they turned the post
Office, willing hands seized the mud bespat-
tered and wearied messengers and carried
them inside. From Albany down the re-
slys who carried the message or accom-
panied as substitutes were: Albany TO
Kinderhook, 2Ois miles, Frank q. Silyers
and James Bradford. to Hudson, l3i miles,
George Angus and James C. keuholz to
Blue Stores, n is miles, John c. Miller and
q. p Hemince; TO Redhood 10 miles, g. T..
Benson and William Petry; to staatsburg,
10 miles, John Van Deushaten and A. II.
Bell 20 poughkeepsie, W. H. Iris and Theo-
dore W. Roberts; to Wappinger's Falls, di-
vided by Poughkeepsie Bicycle club with
the following riders: Elias Won Bluschotten,
Hubert q. Gum. A. III. Bullard, Arthur
Smith, Thomas Nugent; TO Cold Spring,
Edward Morloe: to Garrison, Edward Gro
hin; 10 Peellsldll, Irving Hallowen; TO
TarrytoWn. % miles; Tarrytown to New
York city, % miles, w. A. Campbell and j.
Lansing Quick
Though the message has arrived so much
behind the scheduled time, the race has not
proved q failure by any means. 1t has
demonstrated that with fine weather and
good roads the bicycle can be made TO play
an important part in the service of the
army. It IS said another race with time
win be started from Chicago soon, with
hope of better weather. The dispatch
which the riders conveyed Is Of itself Of nc
importance.
Through tho Driving Rain.
All day yesterday RELAYS Of swift ant
hardy wheelmen sped through driving
sheets of rain over roads that were made
an but impossible by the storms of the las
few days, bearing a dispatch from Gcnoru
Nelson A. Miles at Chicago to General o. o
Howard in this city
It was the last day Of the great rola,
bicycle race, the first important oxperimen
of the kind in this country, which was in
tended 20 demonstrate tho superiority q
the bicycle over the horse in carrying mil
tary dispatches The long race started a
o'clock Wednesday afternoon from Chicag
and it was hoped TO complete the distanc
of 1000 miles to this city in 100 hours
Since Wednesday it has rained inoossent
along the route aud consequently the road
have been SO heavy as TO seriously impod
the progress Of the wheolmen, and this fac
and q number of minor accidents have cor
tributed to make the time trihe elowe
than was expected.
All along the route great public intere.
has been manifested in the experiment, an
in an the towns and cities through whic
they passed the cyclists have been greete
by enthusiastic crowds who, in many case
waited for hours in the rain TO cheer q
racers.
The ride down from Albany was mai
under the most discouraging circumstance
through torrents of rain, and the ROM
were for the most part little better thi
marshes, but the picked cyclists Of the HUI
son Valley clubs fought their way manful
on, and as each relay finished its task Il
riders were rewarded with cheers.