The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-22
LoNG JouNN nYs oN wHEELs.

rhIsi. Notable Y ar for Big Ride. by
American Bicycliss~
NeV York Herdid
Time was. and but few years ago,
when a bicycle tour Of five hundred
miles was considered a gigantic achieve.
ment and was heralded the length and
breadth Of the land. That day has pass
ed, however, and such trips have been
30 very common this season that they
have failed to excite even the slightest
comment. Hugh ]. High, OF PottsIown,
Pa, who rode the greater part OF the
way across the continent, was one OF
the earliest long distance tourists who
sent his name down 10 fame, but il IN
Thomas Stevens, who fret made tho en-
tire distance awheel from the Pacific TO
the Atlantic and later continued around
the world, who Is most famous in this
respect. High long since disappeared
from the cycling ranks, and though it
has been many day since Stevens
mounted a wheel he wa when last
heard from in England and still deItv-
ering lectures on his trip.
The year 1892 has, Of course, been
been notable for the departure of
Frank 6. LEM on q similar globe grid
ling journey, but the great growth Of
cycling and the fact that Lenz was pre-.
coded by blast OF trumpetry and
professional advertising agent, who in
dusirlousy attempted to boom him
across tho American continent, has
rather detraCted from the feat, and
served to dampen the enthusiasm OF
even the cycling clubs along his route.
Wylie's dead broke" ride from New
York to Chicago 10 also among the tour
ing performances OF the year, though 1t
is to be hoped that no imiIators spring
up to overdo the thing and impose on
the hospitality OF the people.
DOING EUROPE ON WHEELS.
F. A. ElweIl, of Portland, Me-, this
year conducted two large parties OF cycle
tourist through Europe; one composed
entirely Of architects, who spent most
of their time in France. This mode OF
doing" Europe becomes more popular
every year, and as the roads there are
universally good has much to COM
mend it.
Messrs. Allen and Sachtleben, two st.
Louis wheelmen, who for two years
have been en- route around the world
in leisurely, go-as-you-please fashion,
have continued their jaunt, the cable
recently reporting their arrival in China.
7. Il. Kosetke, of Birmingham, Ala,
and W. E. Hunter, Of Lynn, Mass, are
also on this years list of long distance
tourists. Both rode from their respec-
tive homes to Chicago, about twelve
hundred miles, roughly speaking.
The most notable failure was that OF
Will Wynne and William Caldwell, two
oversanguine young men Of Raleigh, N.
G., who attempted to establish record
by riding from that city to San Fran
cisco in seventy days. Wynne was in
New York shortly before he made the
attempt and assured me that, although
he had not even selected his route or
made any special preparation, he would
ride a thirty-two pound wheel and not
find the least trouble in accomplishing
the feat within the time set Wynne
abandoned the task before he had
fairly started. He had trouble with his
pneumatic tire when only few days
out and took the train home. This was
the only attempt at cross continent
record riding
Miss Any Johnson, young school,
marin of Yellow Springs. Ohio, was the
only lady tourist Of any note unaccom-
panied. She started to ride from her
home to visit relatives in Davenport,
Iowa, 800 miles distant Near Burlins-
ton, however, she was run into by an
ungallant and reckless farmer and had
her wheel wrecked beyond repair.