The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-13
THE RELAY RACE.
The Last Hundred Miles Covered at
Denver Yesterday.


Oen yer. Aug. 12.-The last hundred
miles Of the great relay bicycle race was
covered under the most favorab BILE circum-
srauces, a clear sky, little or no wind and
o. smooth, hard road that was an inspira-
t;on 10 the flying wheelmen, who forged
ahead at a gait that would have done
credit TO a locomotive.
The sandstorm, which the Nebraska
riders ran into last night, was 4 most un-
t1rtunate occurrence. 1t delayed the
rae several hours and prevented it from
being completed In SIX days, as was an
tiripated yesterday, when the news that
sgch excellent time was being made in
Eastern Nebraska was received here. But
vest of Galesburg this morning
the sun found the Presidents message
moving steadily westward sixteen miles
Dqr hour. The couriers arrived at
CHEYENNE at :39 O'Clock p. m. where the
hest riders Of that city received it with
out a seconds delay and were of for the
south like the wind The road from
there to Greeley is smooth and hard with
occasional hills or slight rises. giving the
men a chance for an occasional coast"
The Cheyenne boys were greeted a few
miles north of Greeley by an escort of local
wheelmen, who set killing pace on to-
ward their city, arriving there at 7:l7
a
10 the Denver boys with the same celer-
itv with which it has been changing
hands ever since Monday noon, and the
remaining fifty-two miles of the course
was covered without incident.
The message was delivered to the gov
euor at 40 o'clock.
THE FINISH.
The relay race of the League Of Ameri-
can Wheelnan was finished tonight at
lO.31-six days, ten hours and seventeen
minutes from Washington. The signal
rocket at Sand Creek, five and three
fourth miles distant, went up at 1923,
and the cheering of the waiting crowds
that lined the streets soon heralded the
oncoming of the wheelmen.
The riders on the last section, George
L. Mccarthy and George W. Hart, came
in on Arapahoe street to the corner of
Sixteenth, and from there up Sixteenth
to the county court house. where an i'm
mense throng had been patiently waiting
since o'clock. The governor received
the pouch and took from it the messages,
reading the one to himself and his tele-
graphic reply, and handed a message to
Gen. McCook and one to Mr.. Black, who
had charge of the race from Washington,
from Representative Springer.
The governor then said Mr.
George Mccarthy: AS the governor of
Colorado, L desire 10 thank you Tor the
delivery of this autograph letter, which
was placed in the hands of the first relay
of wheellnen at Washington Aug s. at
y o'clock noon, by the Private Secretary
Of the President of the United State. In
future years it will be a mat
ter Of pride to you aud your
fellow bicyclists that you had q part
in this grand achievement and in helping
10 make this wonderful record of the
skill and speed of the American wheel
men" Applause.
Turning to Mr. A D. Black of Jackson
Vile Ill, of the League of American
Wheelman, the governor said: 1T is my
pleasant duty to ccngra tulate You, Mr.,
Black, as the manager and promoter of
this great enterprise, upon its suspicious
termination.
You have aroused a new interest in
that benefcenJ invention, the wheel,
which has already produced so eXtraor.
binary change in locomOtion. The fact
is the wheel is the greatest invention of
modern times, Applause wheels in the
head always excepted. Laughter
Gen. McCook then read his reply to
Gen. Greedy, after which the crowd
slowly dispersed