The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-28
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SYRACUSE, n. y, May 2l.--Thc relay
riders are coming strong toward New
York. The weather has greatly inn
proved, the sun is lining steadily now,
and the roads rapidly drying in Ohio,
Pennsylvania and New York.
The time to Perrysburg, the end OF
the second division, $50 miles from Chi
cago, was six hours and twenty-seven
minutes. At Conneaut, the end of the
fourth division, 425 miles from Chi
cago, the riders had made a net
gain of two hours and twenty-five
minutes. Weather, roads and winds
being now favorable, lost time may be
all made up at Buffalo, and the chances
for reaching New York ahead of sched-
ule time are rendered highly probable.
Localpapers all along the line are pub
fishing articles columns in length re-
garding the ride, and devote much
space to the crying need of good roads,
calling the present one a disgrace to
our country. One man, who has made
mark for himself thus far in the ride
is Birdie" Munger, of Chicago, who
took two relays, from Kendallville to
Butler and Wauseon to Perrysburg.
The fourth division of the great ride
began in Cleveland to Conneaut, sixty
eight miles. James Joseph, the man
ager and captain of the Cleveland relay
club, had all in readiness for very fast
time, in which he was not disappointed.
From Wade Park to Wickliffe, six miles,
e. Williams and w. j. Ellenberger car
riod the dispatch in twenty-siX minutes.
G.. Collins and John Leavitt rode from
Wicliliffe to Willoughby, six miles, in
twenty-four minutes. From Willough-
by to Painesville James r. Graves is
credited with ten miles in forty min
utes. Lost time was now being rapidly
reduced, the sun having kindly loaned
its face to the hardy wheelmen to cheer
them on their way.
At Painesville Gilchrist and William
Graham rapidly rode away for South
Madison, eleven miles, Graham broke
his wheel, and Gilchrist took the mes
sage. The eleven miles were covered
in fifty-four minutes The next eighteen
miles, Madison to Ashtabula, were fair
going, f. r. Hawkins and A. II. Turner
riding eighteen miles in one hour and
eighteen minutes. Thus far two hours
and three minutes had been gained,
and between Ashtabula and Conneaut,
L. II. Bannister and a. b. Cleveland
added twenty minutes to this finishing
the fourth division at Conneaut four
hours and three minutes behind, as COM
pared to six hours and twenty-seven
minutes at Perrysburg, 175 miles back.
At Wesleyville the line of march is
taken up by the leading Buffalo riders,
who will deliver at Syracuse away in
side schedule time, by 1890, or earlier,
| Saturday The first twenty-eight miles
were unaccountably slow, however, con-
suming three hours and fourteen min
utes, but the next twelve miles con-
sumed only ffty-four minutes, landing
the dispatch in Silver Creek at 6:15, but
thirty-fve miles from Buffalo, and two
hours and few minutes behind schcd-
ule. At Silver Creek L. L. klipfelt, the
celebrated Buffalo Century rider, and
William G. Fisher, in a fue twelve
mile run, reached Angola at 7:O5.
knocking twenty-five miles more off
the lost time figure. At Angola
w. G. Setback and A. r. Crooks
took the dispatch, and in one houl
and thirty minutes had placed it in w
d. Bankers hand, sixteen miles away
who rode the nine miles into Buffalo in
forty minutes, turning the message over
to c. w. Dornlege, the crack Buffalo
racing man, and VIII Pcnseyers. These
racers covered the ten miles to Bow.
Evansville in thirty one minutes in the
dark, and the roads none too good, a
wonderfully trying and splendid per.
formance, placing the message but one
miles behind schedule, and gaining in
great big jumps carried by men with
muscles of steel at Buffalo, men who
would rather ride than eat, and who
will land that message at Syracuse
hours ahead of time.