The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-15

words, the Chicago boys expect to to cover
o%ne-fourth Of the journey, when
and xill be SUPERSEDED later by BY
finally gave way to the oyclers of the
Empire state. Van Sicklen is perhaps the
best road rider in the county for a distance
Of twenty-five miles. His trophies will fll
a hand bag and he is represented here with
about half Of them on his manly bosom.
He is a magnificent rider on a rough road
and has been cycling since 1879, breaking
the American twenty-five milo record two
years ago and almost invariably winning
the Pullman road race time prize.
The speediest long distance rider next to
Tom Roe who will participate in this oon-
test is f. Ed Spooner. He holds the twenty
four hour record in America and he has de-
break Holbein's void record for the same
time. which is over $50 miles.
The third and fourth divisions are over
fine stretches of roads. and u. W. Cotton,
who ID managing the distance from South
Toledo to Cleveland. will take the message
at the starting point, while two of the crack
wheelmen of the Cleveland club will finish
oycler Of note. will make the start at Cleve-
land, covering the distance to Plninville,
while two of his crack assistants will take
the message at that point and ride over a
magnificent piece of roadway to Ashtabula.
Then, without q moments intermission,
the dispatch will be sent on to Conneaut,
this distance Of sixty-eiRht miles to ba
covered in six hours and fifty minutes.
from Conneaut to Erie and on to Moth
East will require some hard riding. and five
hours and ten minutes will be allowed for
the distance of forty-three miles, which is
to be In charge Of L. G. Crawford.
Here it is where the Pennsylvania boys
will - 1yn ttn; 49, no,nA -. -. T..
North East to Westtield. then via Dunkirk
to Buffalo, md with Il rush on to Batavia,
where the Rochester men will take hold.
The stretch from North East to Rochester.
9. distance of 141 miles. IS to be covered in
fifteen hour and thirty-fve minutes. and
D. d. Lewis. one of the best cyclera Of
Pennsylvania, has picked the very strongest
j.. Connolly, u Rochester cycler, will start
with a companion in the race to Lyons, and
the best men he has picked will carry the
message on to Syracuse. The roadway be-
tween Rochester and Syracuse is another
fine stretch of ground, and the distance of
eighty miles is to be made in seven hours
and t%hirty-fve minutes.
AT Syracuse William Spaulding's men
will take hold and will cover the distance
from Syracuse to Utica, via Rome, fifty
thee miles, in five hours and fifteen min
utes. Utica will have Edward Fl. Crosby
In readiness with a team of fine ~cyclers
placed at convenient points near Fonda
and Schenectady. These teams will make
tho run into Albany from Utica. covering
the distance OF n%inety-tive miles in nine
hours and thirty minutes. The last divi-
sion from Albany to New York city will
witness some remarkable squirting, and
men from all along the line will be on hand
til witness the finishing Of the great race
against time.
In accordance with the regulations two
riders must start in each relay, the fastest
to carry the messaae; but each rider start
ing will be asked to cover the full distance
to guard against possible accidents, of
which there will no doubt be quite q num-
ber. AS to The length Of relays, while thew
will average something like ten miles, the
managers of the various divisions are by no
means compelled to limit themselves in
any way. All will depend upon the condi-
tiona of this roads and the ability OF tho
riders, and tho relays al laid out vary from
eight TO thirty miles. Under the ruloa the
men at each relay station are to bo i'll read-
lness for two hours before tho start. Not
a single moment il to be lost in tho trans
mission OF the message. Az the rider
wheels up to'the station he makea no stop
but hands the message to the nlready
started cvoler, who ia to cover the distance
ahead. Whether II be midnight or noon,
Egyptian darkness or tho brightest OF sun-
light. rain, steet or mist, there will be no
delay.
The object of this relay ride ia two-fold.
In tho first place, ii il TO be tho beginning
an agitation for better rouds, and, in the
second place, it II to be a test Of speed and
OF endurance on easy IA we'll - on difficult