The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-09
HARD RIDDEN RELAYS
MESSAGE TO COLORADO ON ITS WAY
ACROSS THE HOOsIER STATE
The Leather Bag Reached Here at
81 r.. VI, Over sixteen Hours
Ahead of Schedule Time.

Yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock a
crowd of young men, many Of whom were
bicyclists, were at Pennsylvania and Ohio
streets. In a few minutes some one cried:
There he comes" All eyes were turned
eastward, and a dust-begrimed man in
a sweater and bicycle cap was seen push
ing the wheel towards them at a good
speed, though II apparently cost him an
effort to do so. AS soon as the rider was
seen cries of IT'S Bonfield" went up. He
was one of the many riders carrying a mes
sage from Washington to Governor Waite.
of Colorado, in the greatest bicycle relay
up to the present time.
George Dickson, who had charge Of the
local end Of the affair, was not Informed
of the whereabouts OF the message until
yesterday morning. He had been previous
ly informed that the message was an hour
and forty-six minutes ahead of time at
GAINESVILLE, o. Later he was informed that
it was about fifteen hours ahead of time at
Richmond. The Indiana roads are dusty.
and the relays were longest in this State.
consequently no time was gained, but on
the other hand, no time was lost. The mes
sage was taken from the State line to
Richmond by F. II. Fox, F. NJ. Whitesell
and w. r. Watson, from West Richmond
to Centerville by ]. L. Mote, thence to
Dunreith by ]. Townsend, of this city.
and to Knightstown by E A. German and
]. Morgan. Floyd Church, OF this city.
carried it to Cumberland, where w. w.
McKain took it to Irvington. There Will
lie Bonield was given it on the run and
speeded toward the city by way of East
Washington street. The route was one OF
the worst Of the relay, the dust being ex-
ceptionally thick. Bonfeld left Irv1ngton at
lao, and reached Ohio and Pennsylvania
streets at 1852. On the way he was nearly
run down by a wagon at East street He
fell and cut an elbow. He remounted the
wheel and brought the message ahead or
his W scheduled time. AS the leather
bag containing the message was given
Tom Rowe, who, with w. F. Clements,
carried the message TO Charlottesville, the
message was exactly sixteen hours and ff-
teen minutes ahead of scheduled time. Not
a moment was lost in the exchange. Rowe
and Clements were ready, and when the
former was handed the bag he was of like
a flash, closeN followed by Clements. The
run to CrawfordsviIie was the longest and
one of the hardest of the relay; The
miles. There was no relief. and
Rowe and Clements interchanged in
Pnilns. on The exactly tEO sc cSsSHfs f tine, and
passed the little leather bag TO Ernest
White at 6:27 o'clock: 1t is the opinion of
local CyCIlSlS uldl IOht anu SlcLiculcs
though they did not gain time, made the
greatest run thus far in the relay, as they
had the longest run without a relief.
At DanvilIe, ILL.,, at 0:54, II. M.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
DANVILLE, ILL.,, Aug S.-Sewell Nebeker.
son of ex-United States Treasurer Nebeker.
arrived here at 9:4 this evening from Cow
ington, Ind, with the bicycle relay mes
sage from Washington to Governor Waite.
The message here was seventeen hours and
ten minutes ahead Of time. The Danville
Bicycle Club took charge of the message
here and carried it to Bement, a distance
of sixty miles, where they will be met by
the Decatur club. The first seven miles.
from Danville to Catlin, the pouch was
carried by VIII Connolly, editor of the.
Danville Press, and Guy Robinson. OF the
Danville Commercial. The schedule from
there is:
Catlin to Paramount, seven miles, 7. s.
Hume. eight miles, James Shoaff and War
rem Miles; Homer 10 Sidney, six miles,
Charles Woolsey and Frank Hendrick;
Sidney to Philo, seven miles, A j. Banta
and Len Mosier; Philo to Toledo, seven
miles, Hugh Bigger and James Gnor; To-
ledo to Sadorus, six miles. Carl Palmer
and Ross Phillips; Sadorus to 1vesdale. six
seven miles, C.. w. Birmingham and j. w.
Smalley.
Nebeker carried the message from Cow
ington to Danville, fourteen miles. In one
hour and two minutes. He had a IAN at
the start that lost him ten minutes.