Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-19
THEY RI ORR!
The Cyclists on the Great
Thousand Mile Trial.
Will Be the Growing Test Of
the "Silent Steed."

| Commahuant OF Jue DeparLment OF the
Atlantic in New York City,
CHICAGO, May 19.-The great relay
bicycle race-or rather trial-from Chi
cago to New York has begun. At ter
minutes to noon Wednesday General
Nelson A. Miles emerged from the head,
quarters of the department of the Mis-
souri, in the Pullman building. In his
hand he bore a leather packet, ter
inches long by four wide. The sun had
been shining fitfully all forenoon, alter.
mating with gusts of fine rain, while
black looking clouds hung low in the
east, but as the general appeared at the
Michigan avenue entrance of the big
building the clouds parted and the lake
! glistened like mirror under the rays of
the May sun. For blocks up and down
Michigan avenue nothing could be seen
but crowds in which wheelmen largely
predominated, awaiting the start of
what is to be the browning test of the
"silent steed."
AS the hour of noon approached Gen
| eral miles accompanied by several mem
bers of his staff, stepped to the edge of
VIC SluCWdlh, "HtIS hlLuui II. AuIli6-
den, who was to ride the first eight
| awaiting the word. With him was e.
| G. Bode who was to act as peacemaker
| to Grand Crossing, the first station.
Handing Mr.. Lumsden the packet, Gen
| eral Miles addressed a few words of en-
enlargement to the waiting cycler, who
| quickly adjusted the parcel on his back,
1yr,o on1y foch 70 hp
| it reached the hands of General O. O..
Howard, commanding the department
| of the Atlantic at Governors Island
| 1000 miles away. The committeeman
from the various bicycle clubs were busy
clearing away through the crowd which
| had now packed Michigan avenue from
curb to curb
When the word ego" was given, in
/ stantly there was a great shout. Luns-
den and Bode bent low over their
wheels, the crowd parted as if by magic,
and with whirl and whiz the two
riders set off to the southwark. An
| other shout came from the assembled
| spectators as the local bicycle brigade
scrambled on to their saddles and fol
lowed in the wake of the fast disap-
pearing racers. The line stretched out
down the muddy surface Of the boule-
ward as the rapid riders went to the
front and the weaker ones went to the
rear. Soon all that could be seen was a
black patch in the region of Twenty
second street. Then this, too, disap-
peared. The race was fairly begun-the
race against time and against rain, mud
and wind the greatest race of American
wheelmen.
The approximate time that will be
occupied in covering each section of
road has been carefully estimated, and
the men are all unler orders to be in
readiness to receive the message from
the previous men and to bear it forward
to the next without delay.
The roads in some places are simply
atrocious on account of the recent rains,
but the military feature of the enter
prise has been impressed upon the riders,
and their orders are infexible to push
forward through mud and water, rain
and shine, regardless of everything but
getting there. Wheelmen are enthusi-
astic over the idea, and claim that
record will be made that will make the
tabled stories of the pony express dwin-
die into insigniicance.
The object of the ride is to demon
strate the utility of the bicycle in mill
tary service, and if the message is de-
livered in New York city within the
time agreed upon, four days, this OBJ
ject will certainly have been accom-
plished.
1t is believed the trip will be made at
the rate of about fifteen miles an hour.
Relays, Riders and Distances.
The complete list of relays, with
riders, for the entire trip, of the great
/ bicycle experiment are as follows:
First division-Chicago to Goshen,
Indiana.
Chicago to Grand Crossing-A. E.
Lumsden, E. c. Bode; 9miles.
Grand Crossing to Kensington-G. K.
Barrett, II. A. Githets; miles
Kensington to Hammond-J, b. Bliss,
B. Hoagland; miles.
Hammond to Tolleston-J. 7. Taylor,
F. II. Allen 8 miles.
Tolleston to Porter-H. Greenwood,
r. M, Barwise; 10 miles.
Porter to Otis-R. NJ Brooks, H. j.
Cassidy; miles
Otis to La Porte--Ray II. Windship,
w. A. Rhodes; IL miles.
La Porte to New Castle-C, W. Davis,
Ballard; IA miles.
New Castle to South Bend-A. T.
MerricB, A. ]. Nicolet; IA miles.
South Bend to Goshen-N. H. Van
Sicklen, w. c. Thorne; 26 miles
Second division-Goshen to Perrys-
burg.
Goshen to Ligonier-F. H. Brown, E.
E. Collmer; 1S miles.
Ligonier to Kendallsville-L. Z.
Sisterhen. A Graves IS miles.
Kendallsville to Bryan-F. H. futile,
l.. d. Munger; 81 miles.
Bryan to Napoleon-F. J. Bollmeyer;
% miles.
Napoleon to Perrysburg P. Root,
w. B. Young; SO miles.
Third division Perrysburg to Cleve-
land
Perrysburg to Machines,
Frank Rigby; 20 miles.
Woodville to Fremont-R. e. Van
dixie, w. E. Parker; 20 miles.
Fremont to Norwalk-R. q. Staebler,
Charles Van Tyne; % miles.
NorwalS to Elyria-Lou Cotton, G.
E. Chapman; 30 miles.
Elyria to Ridgeville-H. S. Follansbee,
S. w. Henson miles.
Ridgevilie to Dover-Fred W. Colson,
B, n. Brigden; miles
Dover to Rocky River-E. ]. 0ouhet,
A. Beebe; miles.
Rocky River to West Cleveland-A.
L. Garford, F. n. Smith; miles.
Fourth division-Cleveland to Con-
neaut.
West Cleveland to Wade Park-James
Joseph, L. c. johnson; miles.
Wade Park to Wickliffe--E. Will
Jams, w. j. Ellenberger; 6 miles.
Wickliffe to WilloughbyC. Collins,
John Leavitt; miles.
Willoughby TO Mentor-H. Smith. L.
J. Johnson; miles.
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