The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-24
through from Tarrytown and had Ieft Ibis

through from Tarrytown and had left his
companion on the road with broken
wheel, while he battled with the darkness,
rain and mud until he placed the carefully
guarded dispatch in the hands of the
proper person.
The mud which was packed into the
spokes of his wheels clogged the pedals.
and even the pelting rain, as he increased
his speed on the solid road, failed to dis
lodge this constant companion of his Jour
ney. There were places where even the
narrow wheel could not be pushed through
and then the rider dismounted and carried
his "horse" until he could again remount
and resume his tiresome journey.
The run down from Albany was made
with little loss of time by the riders, but
it was impossible to make up any of the
nine hours lost before reaching Albany.
The message left Poughkeepsie at :25
p. H., Peekskill 1904, Sing Sing S:44, and
Tarrytown 94.
On the last relay, coming into larry
town, Harry Cleveland, who was carrying
the dispatch, tainted on his wheel. His
companion, George G. Smith, seized it and
pushed forward, leaving Cleveland to re
cover as best he could. At Tarrytown
William Campbell took the message and
accompanied by A, L. Rich and H. L.
Quick, pushed on down to New York
A hundred riders had shared in the
undertaking of carrying the bit of paper
from General Miles in Chicago to the
hands of the military aide who waited at 3
Park Row. From Lumsden, the first
rider who bore it away from the steps of
the Pullman building to Quick, who came
rushing down over the slippery Broadway
pavement last night long succession of
''crack;' riders had struggled along through
! darkness and dampness, covered with mud
and drenched to the skin.
If these stories of the riders are to be be-
lieved the fences along the country roads
were loaded down with excited country
men vino were found waiting even at mid
night, each with lantern in one hand and
an umbrella in the other, to see the mud
splashed courier go by. In the large towns
the streets were lined with curious thropgs
who, in some cases, had been waiting for
hours to view the ''scorchersn come in.
At Conneaut, O., the only case of malic-
ious interference occurred. Some rufIian
stuck knife into the pneumatic tires OF
/ both the riders, letting the wind out of
them, but other machines were secured.
Shouts announced that the riders were
coming down Broadway, and as they
rounded the postoffice. willing hands seized
the mud-bespattered and wearied messen-
gers and carried them inside one of the
offices near by. Lieutenant Treat, ai1e-de.
camp to General O. 0. Howard, was wait
ing He quickly took the message and con
veyed il by a specially chartered tug t
General Howard at Governors island.
Quick was the hero of the hour. He re
ceived many CONGRATULATIONS on his goot
ride from Tarrytown, twenty-five miles
through the worst kind of roads and pelt
ing rain storm. The last relay from Tar
rytown to New York, is often covered il
two hours and less, vet tonight it took the
crack riders to cover the distance three
hours and twenty five minutes, in spite O
the most strenuous endeavors. In som,
places the riders reported the mud wa
knee deep and had to be ploughed through
while in others it was necessary to dis
mount.