Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-12
dead BROKE VYLIB
PASSES THROUGH THIS CITY on HIS WAY TO
NEW YORK
One -Four Behind the Best Record Hsrs-pad Roads
ncoantsrsd-Nc0lellant's Successes.
0thsr Sporting Matters.


then departed on his way 10 the metro
polls. with Brownsville as his objective
point before getting any sleep or rest.
Owing 10 the heavy rains in the West,
Wylie did not start, as he intended. on
Wednesday, He left Chicago on Friday
morning at 1880 o'clock. Rains and
consequent bad roads were encountered
all the way from Chicago 10 the Ohio
river, and bis time, in view Of these dis
couraging conditions, is remarkable.
Wy!e's record from Chicago to Mo-
mence. H., is hours and A
minutes. The fact that it took
him over seven hours to cover
the distance in the present trip, shows
copclusiveiy that the roads were in
wretched condition. Ga the first day
Wyie covered III miles, second day 159
miles, third day lis miles, fourth day
lO3 miles.
Wyle's effort to establish now rec
ord between the metropolis of the East
and the metropolis Of the West excited
great interest among wheelmen and
they turned out in large numbers TO
greet him at the different cities. A
Richmond, Ind, cycIer paced him 10
Spring field, and at Dayton an entire
CLUB of thirty members accompanied
him for ten miles.
Henry Mahlke, OF this city, went out
TO St. Clairsviile yesterday afternoon
and had long wait, as the dead
broke" wheeimen was several hours be-
hind his schedule time. Mahlke tired
of waiting, stepped into an Office to
send message and Wyie shot through
the town. Mahke caught him, how
ever, at the foot OF the hill and paced
him to Wheeling. He stated last night
he made faster time for the last twelve
miles than for any like distance since
be left Chicago.
Mir. Schenkenburger, correspondent
for the New York World, who acted as
pace maker for WyIie, got lost from
him at some point west Of 81. Glars
vile, and when Wyl!e reached Wheel
Ing he learned that Schenkenburger
had secured a buggy and was being
driven down 10 Wheeling.
Wyie stopped at X. Hoge's hardware
establishment, and later took luncheon
at Vankeuren's. When seen by RE
IsTER reporter, he stated that he was
in excellent trim and confident Of reach
ing New York on Saturday morning.
he rode a Sterling 81 pound racer, the
ightest wheel ever ridden on such trip.
He was badly shaken up Monday night,
as the result of a fall while coming
down hill in the dark, and not MOTTO
ing turn in the road.
II am heavier than on my last trip"
he said. THE ouly training have un-
dergone, has been with the view TO do
ing without sleep. l have practIced
going to bed at midnight, and getting
up at FIVE o'clock"
Wylie is a gritty fellow, and is deter
mined TO lower the record between the
two cities, if he does not sleep an hour
from this time on. lie received tele-
gram announcing that Smith had low
cred the record ten hours and five
minutes. This only had the effect OF
renewing his determination. Smiths
record, If correctly reported, Is DAYS
p hours and 80 minutes. Wytie IS GER
that be will do better.
WyIie thinks there is a difference OF
twelve hours in his favor in travelling
from west IT, East. On his TWO former
trips be started from New York. The
best previous record was 10 days,
nouIS "lu % mn - w. dars
hours and 4S minutes, and this record
IN turn lowered Oy ohIi' 9'n''n >
"a was maze over goou loaus anu
7eatoer' .,,, c..,,b,, rooora
ing ne Ceclueu uo1 ho1 W
over night Accomp anlea
hike he departed ABOUT
md expected to reach
ore hating Tor sleep
to sleeep more thsn
lie has oeen 10 me
-
twenty noufs
Is anu very
en. 4hey