Arizona republican., 1893-02-04
4 LONG WHEEL.
rho Globe Bicyclists in
Phoenix.
Around the World in
Three Years.
,r,yeling Exploit of Messrs'
Allen and Sachtleben.
~. remarkable itinerary of These
c.rtIsmsn Fresh From a Run
Through All Countries.

3, ro.terday were Thomas q. Allen,
!. Of Ferguson, Mo-, and W. L. Sach-
.,.her of Alton, Ill.,, the two young
~,.temen bicytlists now engaged in
s,pirv the 5000 mile gap to complete
quincy round the globe. Their coming
W. boon well heralded, and day before
70" .rd,y a contingent Of the Phoenix
6;,rcIs ciuh went to Maricopa to in ter
DIV! nom Thev were induced TO make
"Frn IN Phoenix and remain over one
o., They arrived Yesterday morning
D%!rt 3 o'clock and have since been in
.So hands of PhGnicians, who have
i,;yen them, ieted them, interviewed
nom and otherwise made lions OF
them, ,,
,ro,noon by Mr.. Hartwell, and last
a;Sbt were dined by Mr.. Galpln, one OF
.bs members OF the Phoenix club. This
Earning they will leave for the South
avn Pacific track by the way OF Florence
and the ruins of Casa Grande and Los
vnertos. They will then resume their
ianrnev to New York, which they ex-
ynact 10 reach within ninety days.
The Journey was undertaken from New
York on June %, 1890, just after grad
nation IRON Washington university,
:, Louis. but the original plan of the
,rip has since been greatly amplitied.
Thew had intended at first only to
wheel through Great Britain and Ire
land ond on the continent. Before
they had completed a tour OF the Brit
ish Isles the world gIrdling project was
deyelOpei. Considerable time was eN-
bausted in procuring wheels and sup
plies and clothing, which were dis
iributed along the proposed route in
sdyance. They first visited France
thoroughly, crossed into Italy and
passed over into Greece at the begin
ming Of the second winter out. They
psssed the winter at Athens, or rather
their wheels did, though the tourists
themselves visited various parts OF
northern Europe by rail. They arrived
at Athens on the day OF the funeral OF
Dr.. Schlemann, the Hellenic explorer.
They left Athens in the spring, crossed
Turkey in Europe, Asia Minor, Persia
and Turkestan. finally arriving on the
borders OF the Chinese empire, In
making this trip they had intersected
both lines OF travel so graphically de-
scrbed by Col Fred Burnaby in "A
Ride to khiya," and "On Horseback
Through Asia Minor"
They halted about eight months be.
fore entering the Celestial dominiOns
for the purpose OF making study OF
the language, the route, and getting
supplies. Heretofore the trip had been
made by easy stages; DAYS, weeks and
months had been spent in historic 10.
Cailies, but now there was nothing be-
fore them that required more than cur
sorry attention.
About June /, 1892, they set ont on
their long, lonesome journey OF more
than 5000 miles and reached Pekin
about November |. This was really
the most interesting part of the jour
ney, attended with greater hsrdships,
excitement and danger. Fran Pekin
they proceeded to Japan and embarked
in the Empress OF India for Vancouver.
from Vancouver they went to San
Francisco and by easy stages came
through California. Their descriptions
Of the countries they visited, particu-
larry China, are Of intense interest, as
they relate to a portion OF the empire
seldom visited by travellers. One OBJ
servatOn Of interest is that whenever
they struck a country with which the
English have anything to do they found
good roads.
Their sightseeing was by no means
confined to the bicycle route. When
ever they reached point of interest
they made it the center of operations,
90 that in the three years they have
visited nearly the whole of Europe,
India, Japan and the more important
islands on the Asiatic coast. A val
liable collection OF snap shots have
from time to time been sent to London
Inc estimated distance covered by
Wheel is 10000 miles.
The gentlemen will publish an &C.
count Of their journey, which will ne
GouOt be one of the most interesting
Books OF travel in existence.