Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-08
FAILED TO CONNECT,
THE eIcYcLlsTs FROM EXPRESS
TO STATESMAN


San Marcos. Tex, May T--lSpecial)
The first relay bicycle ride ever made
In Iexns AMI the South passed into
history rs a failure. innsuurh as reach
ing tile destination X concerned,
The start was made promptly at Z
the San Antonio Express. Secretary
Georgc Walters Of the Alamo wheel
men, handed j. Nuidpr the leather
pouch holding the following message
"Ohicr OF The Daily Express, san An
tonic, Tex, May . Z n. IN.
TO the Austin Statesman. Greeting
The Express herewith sDuds ynu by re-
lay Of special messengers, young mcn
distinguished for their nerve and mus
Gle and skilled space unnihilators, an
earnest invitation 90 visit It's castle on
the banks Of the beautiful san Antonio
river and nartale Of basket ct blue
label and d feast of tnnalvs prepared
hy It's own chef with especial care.
Frntcrunlll
THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS.
Nader. accompanied by Charles RE.
| first relay WAS 10 he made, whore they
| turned the pouch over To- IL. lluitheinz
| and g. H. Chah0t llO1hcinz and Chabot
| at once started for the third relay, the
| forks Of the rOad near Selma, where
Y. T. Gardener aud otto PrncRer were
| flhAihNfNs AANA nfANA N'ANhfAfh Wv Ffh'
| 10 Gardener and again they were oil
Tor New BamSfels, where sam Law
| yer and r. NJ. Fuller awaited them,
| Gardener reached New RraunSiel, lust
eight aud onc-hnh minutes late, which
| time had been lost on the first three ro-
lays, lloifhcnz, who started from SNn
| Antonio and carried the secoud relay,
nlso reached New Braunsiels with Gar
| denur LAWYER and Fuller arrived NJ
| Hunter ten minutes late on the entire
| schedule, and nt just 1915 Hale hhd
Smith left Hunter for the Blancu river,
twelve miles distant. where Whitehead
and Erps were waiting
This Twelve uilea was the smoothoSt.
4 and pnod for the best time that It was
| possible to have made ~ far on the ride.
ii. II, Spore OF the Magnolia Cycling
club, Houston, had gone through ON the
train from San Antonio, and IN company
With q pilot on horse back. went out
Two mile, from here to meet them aud
guide thcm through San Marcos and ON
their way UPWARDS the Blanco river
AZ San Marcos they had made up Eve
minutes Of the lost time. About mile
aud half north Of Sm Marcos they
unfortunately took the wrong road and
went SEVEN miles out Of the way In nu
npnositc direction TO that which should
| have bccn taken. This threw them
one hour late aud they also got TO Kyle
instead Of Blanco river. and as NO chang,
IN relay WAS TO be nude there, no on'
was In waiting.
They arrived at Kyle at li45, IN d
violent storm, and decided y was i'm
| pricticabe 20 try TO ~ further or linz
Inc othsQ rider So instead Of The States
uci receiving the invitation 20 nartak,
OF the peculiar combination OF blue lnbe
aud hot tamcls ut the hcNpitnlitS
OF Tho Express. Mr. Hale sim holds
the pouch and message,
flnrry and j, a. Roach, who eNnectet
TO rccelye the pouch Mt Buda at lls'S
after waliing over an hour came OF
back TO Sun Marcos, as also did White
head AM Eips.
lAtor IN tho afternoon w, r. lin0c,
and j. SmWenback came In, The las
three relays into Austin wera waitinl
even after the rain, aud We're anxiou'
70 carry the ponch through in spite o
the bad weather Up 20 San Marco
the time was excellent. and hut for tn
mistake In route the whole ride wonl,
have been mndc on time, II not lev
minutes In advance OF the schedule
Ihirieen OF the riders ARE here thi
evening and will hp banaue,ed al 10
llomhcinz lviel tonight