Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-28
GRITTY RELAY BICYCLE RIDERS,
The Herald Message Carried
Through to San Diego.
The Last Rider Reached His Desti-
nation After Midnight.
Riding In the Dark for Six Hours Over
mountainous Roads-The First Relay
Race Ever Held in California.
Another Event Proposed.

cessiul as anticipated, principally owing
to bad management on the San Diego
division. A number of the relays were
too long and initiated against fast time
being made. At o'clock yesterday
morning some dozen newspaper men
and officers watched the start from in
front of the HERALD Office. At pre-
cisely the appointed hour jenkins and
Gatensbury wers handed the message.
It was letter written by the sporting
editor of the HERALD to the Union of
San Diego. The morning was foggy and
it was quite dark when the enthusiastic
Young wheelmen started out on the first
relay race ever held in California. They
had several mishaps, but reached
Savannah at A 80 o'clock. The message
was handed to Will Allen and T. @.
Hall, who were in waiting. This relay
was from Savannah to Puente, which
point was reached at 5:19.
OFF TO POMONA.
d. L. Schrode, the Monrovis cyclone,
took the message and peddled fast and
furiously to Pomona, a distance of
twelve miles, which he made in hour
and IA minutes-a good performance
COQBlQ6ElDR Gn6 6XeCTHUlo IOduS. III WAS
6.33 when Schrode reached Pomona.
d. @. McGarvin next received the
message. He was slated for the run
from Pomona to South Riverside, dis
tance OF nineteen miles. The roads were
up and down grade nearly the whole
way. McGarvin reached South River
side at 1850. w. K. Cowan and Will
Ruby were in waiting and rode to River
side, a distance OF fifteen and one-half
miles, in the excellent time OF 81 min
utes, the run from Los Angeles to
Riverside, q distance of eixty-eeven
miles, being made in A hours and 81
minutes.
RIVERSIDE LEFT BEHIND.
G. A. Cowan took the message at Riv-
erside and carried it to Box Springs,
five miles up grade, in 35 minutes.
,Pelle and Schumacher received the mes
sage and rode to Alessandro, five miles
in 10 minutes, the time of day being
9:49.
At Alessandro the message was hand
ed to Sulcer and Me1ice who carried it
to Perris, distance of eight miles.
They arrived at Perris at 0:17. Perris
to Menefee is nine miles. Lewis Fox
had this run, and he covered it in the
excellent Tina of 29T minutes. which
brought the time of day to 10 :461s. Joe
Wilson received the HERALD message
and rode to Point Rocks in 81 minutes.
This point is twelve miles distant from
Meneiee. At IL "a the message was
given to John Bigelow, man forty
years old. He made the Journey to
Temecula, distance of eleven miles, in
As minutes, which brought the time of
day tos12 90, the first I17 miles of the
journey having been accomplished in 8
hours and minutes.
A LONG RELAY.
Temecula to Escondido is4quite long
relay. Ray Jeesup and Arthur Carroll
started out on the journey, and report
reached this Office that they reache d
their destination sometime after 5
O'Clock. The San Diego Union last
LEMON LOST.
-LeEon left Escondido at 6 :58 p. m.
with the message. Darkness must have
caught him near the Poway grade, and
from there on the progress was neces-
sariIy slow. Relay riders for fifteen
miles cut became tired of waiting, and
have come in. AT this time, IL 80,
nothing has been heard of Lemon"
THE MESSAGE GETS THERE.
AT O'Clock this morning. the follow
ing telegram was received:
San DIEGO, July 27.-To B. Benjamin,
sporting editor HERALD, Los Angeles
W. III. Cobb delivered message at Sun
office at 1925. HICKMAN.
RODE FIFTY-Two MILEs.
Later-The following A ssociated Press
dispatch was received at an early hour
this morning:
SAN BIEGo, July 28.-Henry Cobb, oi
the San Diego Bicycle club, arrived al
1880 this morning, with relay mes
sage started from Los Angeles st 4
O'Clock Wednesday morning. It was
expected to reach this city at 6 80 last
evening, but was delayed before reach
ing the San Diego club relay. Mr.. Cobb
rode fifty-two miles, his relief having
become tired of waiting, left their
station.
A RELAY RACE AGAINST TIME.
1t took just 20 hours and,26 minutes
to carry the message to San Diego, a
distance Of 216 miles over the route se-
lected. The delay and the long relays
after reaching Temecula worked hard
ship on the San Diego riders stationed
along the route, but the message was
carried through and the participants
deserve creditfor their ef0rte. A num-
ber of the riders displayed the greatest
pluck and endurance, especially those
who were compelled to ride over poor
roads, in the dead of night, in order to
get the message to its destination. Mr..
McGarvin has consented to get up an
other relay race. An attempt will be
made to get the message through in
thirteen hours. The relays will be made
shorter and more system will be adopted.
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That Baseball Meeting.
A number OF baseball fans assembled
at the Athletic club rooms last evening.
Mr.. Wiley presided and a number OF
speeches were made, but no action was
taken by the meeting. The object OF
the meeting was to inform the baseball
public about California league methods.
Van Derbeck, Glenalvin and Colonel
Robinson made short addresses, after
which the meeting adjourned.
Los Angeles County Entries.
Mrs. S. B. Wolfskill of Santa Monica
has entered Heiladora and Daphne in
the 2-year-old race to be run at the Oak
land meeting which opens up August
18th.
The 2sI7 Glass Trntters.
George Washington, Wanda, Rich