Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-17
THE RELAY BICYCLE RACE.

They Go From New York to Boston
 Instead of Hartford.
 The great relay bicycle race from New York to Boston left New York yesterday ! morning to carry the bag through to Boston instead of Hartford, as was arst planned The race was started from the office of the New York Recorder on Park row at o'clock yester- day morning. At that hour Postmaster Van Cott handed the message, which was eneased in leather pouch, to George 0. Smith of the Riverside Wheel club, who, accompanied by J. W. Judd, sped away to Mt. Vernon, where the first change was made. At this point Charles P. Stallback too kthe pouch and rode to Rye. In cover ing this distance one minute was lost on the time scheduled. ."-.
 When Milford was reached tho riders were nine minutes ahead of the schedule time, and at this point J. w. Tab of the New Haven Bicycle club and George Smith of the Rovers took the message and brought it to this city, gaining two minutes on the trip.
 The men who took the message from New Haven to North Haven were Harry w. Chapman and W. Beau of the New Haven Bicycle club, and they left here at SPA. The time made by the New Haven men is very fast. Bean and Chapman beat the record between New Haven and North Haven one minute and quarter.
 Meriden was reached at 9:324, which was 221 minutes ahead of the schedule time.
 1o... o.o,ra -on oa u..Ao.1 &o x..ak the riders, who arrived there at 1885. riders punctured his rear wheel, and the message was carried to Hartford by his companions, gaining three minutes on the route.
 SPRINGFIELD, Mass., June 16.-The rid CTS in the big relay ride arrived in this city at 1908 this noon, 57 minutes ahead of time. It is expected that the message will reach Boston two hours ahead of time.
 WORCESTER, Mass, June 16.-The relay riders reached Warren, Mass, at 1:A p. m., hour 31 minutes ahead.
 Riders reached Spencer, Mass, at 2:38, hour and 52 minutes ahead.
 STILL GAINING.
 WORCESTER, June 16-The relay riders reached Spencer at 2:3S-one hour and ffty-two minutes ahead of schedule time. The relief riders had not arrived at Spen- cer, and the same riders continued on to Leicester.
 TWO HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES AHEAD. SOUTH BIRMINGHAM, Mass, June 16.- Messrs. Livermore and Mills, riders in the relay bicycle race, reached Birmingham Center at 4:4O p. m, two hours and twenty minutes ahead of schedule time. The message was transferred at the Centra house to o. H. Metz and c. Measure, who proceeded to Newton Lower Falls via Wor cester turnpike, Natick and Wellesley. The trip from Northboro to Birmingham wal made according to schedule time. RETROSPECT OF THE WHOLE JOURNEY. BOSTON, June 16-The Recorder
 relay bicycle race from New York to Bos
 ton was completed in fourteen hours
 fifty one minutes, or two hours, thirty
 nine minutes ahead of the scheduled time | The whole distance covered was 2544 miles
 and barring one or two falls nothing oc
 cured to occasion any delay on the route The riders left New York at 3:3O a. m
 bearing sealed letter from Postmaster Van Cott to Postmaster Hart of Boston
 and at 5:51 the letter was delivered tc Postmaster Hart as he stood on the porcf of the Federal building, while mighty cheer went up from the large crowd tha ! had assembled to witness the finish. Be
 tween Rye and Stamford eight minutes o1
 valuable time were lost, which was made up by c. Ford Seelye on the run from Stamford to Bridgeport. The distance be-
 tween these points is twenty-five and 2 half miles, and the plucky rider covered
 the ground in 1 hour 17minutes. As soor as Hoyland Smith and his pace-maker Peter Alexander, had delivered their mis sive to the postmaster two other riders 1 George Quinn and - Gary, two of Chel
 seas feetest riders. leaped upon their ma
 chimes and set off at a rattling pace bear
 ing 8 message on it's way from Boston te
 Portsmouth, N. H., whither it will b,
 taken by relay under the direction of tn,
 Rockingham club of Portsmouth. Quinn
 and Garry will carry 1t as far as Chelsea
 Following is the table of the race: