St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-20
THE BIG RELAY RACE
Encouraging Reports From Points
on the Route.

on kn6 hOuIS.
CHICAGO, May 19.-The bicycliSts
have made a splendid record thus far.
Dispatches from various points show
that the dash exhibited at the start is
not falling of. At hammond, Ind,
Bliss and H0agtand, the Kensington-
Hammond relay, arrived at 1:46 p. IN.
yesterday. with the wind very strong
and dead in their face. Taylor and Al
len, the Hammond rolleston relay, were
at the Michigan Central depot in readi-
ness to take up the race. Without
Stacking speed, the dispatch was hur-
rledly transferred TO the fresh riders
and away they went. Much interest was
manifested, and the boys were heartily
cheered as they passed through. At La
Porte. Ind, A. Rhodes arrived from
Otis twenty-five minutes ahead OF
schedule time, wheeling through a
heavy rain the entire distance
of ten miles. The relay from there
started at 6:26, and reached New Car
Isle, fifteen miles distant, at 1854
o'clock. At South Bend. Nichols, with
the important little dispatch under his
arm, came tearing in. Hull, Chicago
man, close behind, had broken his
wheel, and Rowe. of South Bend. mag
unanimously gave him his on which to
finish, funding the broken wheel
many miles. These riders arrived 1t the
Oliver house at 9:44, Just fourteen min
uteS behind schedule, through an i'm
menSe aSSemblage of people.
Il. II. Van Sicklen and w. c. 1hOrne,
well known riders the world over,
started for Goshen, tWenty-SlX miles
further on. Van Sicklen said he would
surely catch up the fourteen lost min
utes, and there are no two better men
iii the country to de do it. They dis
cardeG coats and vests, and, with lighted
lanterns, tore away through the crowd.
TOLEDO. o., May 19.-P. Howard
Little, the bicycle rider in charge of
the dispatch from Gen. Miles, reached
and completely exhausted. His COM
panion was left exhausted at Butler.
+. j. Bollmyer left Bryan at 1I:11 a. M,
and reached WauseOn at 2:05 p. H.,
making the run of tWenty-fOur miles in
two hours and forty-fiYe minutes. He
rode on the track of the Lake Shore
road, and made up little of the lost
time. Root and Perrin, who had the
next relay, left WauSeOn at 2:06 p. H.,
and reached Perrysburg, thirty-siX
miles. at :53. Frank Rigby started at
once for WoodYiiie. twenty miles away.
The relay blcyclistS reached Wood
vile from Perryburg at 7:29. One min
ute was gained to Fremont, where they
arrived at 9:29. Riders nearly six hours
late.
CLEVELAND, May 19-From dis
patches received here tonight it is
learned that the relay riders are not
likely to reach this place before a. M,
six hours behind time. They left Perry
burg at 6:54 u. N. and Fremont at 9:27.
This was much faster time than had
been expected owing to the bad cont.i-
ton of the road.
FREMONT, O., May 19.-Van Dyke and
Parker, the relay bicycle riders, ar
rived there at 9:27. tonight. having left
WOodville. sixteen miles west at Z :26.
Steadlcr and Van Dyne, their success
SorS. started Immediately, but Steadler
broke his wheel. Thirty minutes later
he made fresh start on Columbia.
Van Dyne went on alone. NOrwalk.
twenty-eight miles east, is their next
station. The roads are in horrible con-
ditiOn.