St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-21
MAKING Up TIME.
Relay Bicycle Riders Wheeling in
Rapid style.

CLEVELAND, May 20.-The relay BIZ
cycle riders passed through here at
5;55 a. Ill.,, and reached gainesville at
7::43. The men sent out from here to
get Gen. Miles message at 0berlin met
the Norwalk relay at 3::45 a. m., and
carried it to Elyria, reaching that place
at 4:10. Considerable time was lost at
KipiOn, between Norwalk and 0berlin,
owing to the breaking of handle bar.
After passing Elyria. the riders gained
time steadily, and when Cleveland was
reached they had made up forty-fve
minutes of the seven hours lost while
passing through Northern Indiana and
Northwestern Ohio. The roads east of
this city are in pretty fair condition,
and riders here who have passed over
the route are convinced that all of the
lost time will be regained before Buffalo
is reached.
The riders reached Geneva at 9:05
O'Clock, having made the run from
Madison, six miles. in thrty-thIee min
uteS. AStabula was reached at $50
O'Clock, and the riders were cheered as
they flew through the town. About
two and a half hours of the lost time
has now been regained, making the lost
time little over four hours. They eX-
pect to make up three-quarters of all
hour between here and COnneaut.
Tom Roe, of Chicago, manager of the
big ride, left here early this morning.
Before departing he expressed himself
as being convinced that the lost time
will all he made I'D before the riders
get to Rochester, and that the message
will be deliYereed to Gen. Howard sew
eral hours inside the scheduled time.
He said he was glad thai the weat her
and the roads had been so unfaverabIe,
as the excellence of the performance
would be intensified because of the
peor conditions under which it was ae-
compliShed.
ASHTABULA.O o., May Messengers
l.. II. BanniSter and A. 3. Cleveland
LETT AShtabula with the message for
COnneaut at 9:45. Bannisler wheeled
the fourteen miles from Ashtabula to
Conneaut in 81 minutes, arriving at
10:4S. This is the quickest time ever
made between the two places. Two
hours of lost time was made up between
Bellevue and COnneaut. Frank Will
Jams, of Erie, received the message at
COnneaut and carried it to East Spring
field, Pa, nine miles. Frank Fairborn
and George Black accompanied him.
Mr.. Crawford, of the Erie Times, has
charge of the relay between Conneaut
and North East He thinks two hours
time will be made up between Erie and
Buffalo.
WEsTFIELD, N. Y. May 20.-Loto
and Henry arrived here from North
East with Gen. Miles dispatch at 4:10
p. H., and r. s. Hall and H. w. Pickett
started promptly for Fredohia, two
hours and nineteen minutes behind
schedule time at this point.
CoNNEAUT. o., May 20.-Bannister
of Youngstown and Cleveland, of Cleye-
land, the relay bicycle riders carrying
Gen. Miles message, reached here at
10:49 a. H.. having gained twenty-six
minutes from AShtabuia. and two hours
and fifty minutes from Elyrla, the be-
ginning of the Cleveland division Of the
ride. The roads are reported to be in
good condition east of here, and it is
now quite certain that all the lost time
will have been regaIned before the rid
ers get to Buffalo.
BUFFALO. May 20.-The relay cyclists
bearing Gen. Miles message lefthere at
9:l5 p. H.. and are expected to Roches-
ter at 2:30 a. M. ahead of schedule
time
ERIE, Pa, May 20.-Kirchner passed
Peach street and the crowd at IL :49, cell
traI time, Kems I21S minutes behind
on his third wheel
BATAVIA. N. Y, May 21.-The relay
bicycle riders passed here at l 30 a. Ill.