The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-15
RELAYRIDERSARE DELAYED
The Message from IllinOis's Governor
Will Not BE Here Until This Morning.
Nothing Heard from Relay Bicyclists After
Midnight-Roads in Western Indiana
in Bad Condition-Much Time Lost.

The relay bicy ole ride from Springfield.
Ills.. with Indianapolis and Frankfort. ky.,
as two of It's objective points. was begun
promptly on time Yesterday morning. at
O'Clock, with bright weather in Illinois,
the roads in very fair condition. and every
thing promising to 90 smoothly. Reports
from the relay stations. however. all along
the route showed that the men were stead
ily losing time according to the schedule.
At TuscoIs. H.. seventy-elght miles from
the start. the men were reported one hour
and ii fly eight minutes behind. and from
there on the news was very mesger. At
midnight the last man heard from had left
Dane. and has, to all appearances, ridden
out into space. for he had not been heard
of since. He was due TO leave that place
at 7:3O o'clock in the evening. and did not
get out until 10:4S. What became of him
no one seems able to find out.
Capt Carl Fisher, of the ZiRzag Club,
and the manager of the Indianapolis riders
Districts, and w. Z. Hunter were at Rock.
VILE. Ind. where the Indisnspolis men
were to take the message at first They
were scheduled to leave there in the early
part of the evening. but at 1l:3O the men
from whom they were to have received the
packet had not arrived. The following
message from Fisher was received at mid
night:
Relay left Chrisman at sos. Was due there
at q. Accidents must have happened, as good
men at both stations. L cannot get word
from any OF Western managers from THIS point.
Rulers just In from MonteZuma who went TO
meet relay, state that the roads are in terrible
condition. Ali We DO is to wait and try to
make up some time In the morning.
The following message testifies 30 the
fact that the riders got away ali right from
Springfield
Two bicycle relay rides were entered upon at
this city at O'Clock this morning fhe object
i've points are Madison, Wis.,. and Frankfort, KY.
Wis.,, will be reached by Thursday noon, Indian
apolls by midnight tonight and Frankfort by
MESSAGES from Governor xitgeld io the % Govern
Ors Of Wisconsin, Indiana and Kentucky.
The next message received was from De-
catur, Ill.,, seventy eight miles out from
Springfield. and shows that the men had
been losing time. 1t was as follows:
The interstate bicycle race kicked up big ex-
citement in Decatur to-day. and fully nIteen
hundred people were in Lincoln square when
Governor Altgelds package to Governor Mat
in by John Northoutt, of Springfield. He
was TO arrive at 1910, butdid not get here until
l2:o7. just forty-seven minutes lost time be, be;
and George Post took the package here, reach
ing Long Creek three minutes ahead of time.
The other two riders into Tuscola lost twenty
four minutes, arriving there at 4:26. The loss
in time between Springfield aud Tuscola. seven
ty-eight miles, was one hour and fifty eight min
utes.
Fogarty and Killen were the names of the
men W DO lett TuscOla with the packet. and
they had q hard road to travel. as the fol-
lowing dispatch from Dana. Ind. will
testify:
Fogarty and Kilen left Tuscola at 4:26 and ar
rived at Chrisman at $40. They found no relay
aud rode from there u Dana, arriving ut 10:4S.
The distance was forty -four miles, and the men
were well tired out. The packet went on from
here.
From this point on all trace Of the packet
seems to have been Iosr, but whether it Is
due to the riders losing their way, taking
the wrong road. or having met with an ac-
cldent Is not known. A dozen or so OF the
Zigzsg Clubs fastest riders lOunged around
the clubhouse. last night. waiting for news
from the men who had preceded them.
The riders were expected TO have arrived
In the city a little after midnight, and the
men who were To go Oh ahead 10 take the
message TO the Kentucky capital were In q
Quandary as 10 what To do. Nothing hav-
ing been heard frvm the riders at Md
night, most of the men at the clubhouse
pulled their heads down INTO their huge
sweater shirts. hauled out some cots from
the attic and laid down Tor q sDOoZe until
they should be called on for active work.
The message Was TO have been brought
from Spray to indianapolis. distance of
ten miles. by George Dickson and Frank
Day. Spray is q small wooden structure at
| the junction of crossroads, and To tits the
men rode early IN the evening so rs to be
| on hand IN time to relieve the oncoming re-
Law. They speDt the night in the middle of
the road looking for it.
Just when the riders will reach this cltv
| is uncertain. The schedule time between
this point and Rockville. where men In
| readine IS to come on with the packet. is
| about i've hours, but the men bad not
| started from there at q late hour last
| night. The Indianapolis riders will then
| have nearly all of their riding to do by
| daylight, and it Is q foregOne conclusion
| that some of the time will be made up. The
message was to have been taken to Myron
| King. tho Governors private secretary.
| last night at his residence. and he sat no
/ until after midnight waiting to receive 1t.
| but was disappointed, as wero others.