Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-08-16
THE BICYCLE RELAY.

Brilliant Ending OF the Cross-the-Coun
try Observation-Disclosures Welcome at D
ver-The Two Thousand Miles cover
in Six Days and q Half-Gov. VS."
Reads His Message and Makes speeo"
DENVER Col, Aug. 13.-The last Ioo
miles of the great Washington-Deh,
relay bicycle race was covered ut"el
the most favorable conditions, a cieaf
sky. little or no wind and a smoo'h'
hard road that was an inspiration 10
the flying wheelmen, who forged aheau
at gait that would have done creoit'
to locomotive
The sandstorm which the Nebraska
riders ran into Saturday night was d"
most unfortunate occurrence. IL oe
layed the race several hours, ana pre-
vented it being completed in six days
as was anticipated Saturday when the
news that such excellent time was De-
ing made in eastern Nebraska was re-
ceived here. But west of Julesburg
yesterday morning the sun found the
presidents message moving steadily
westward sixteen miles per hour.
The couriers arrived at Cheyenne at
$3.50 p. m, where the best riders OF that
city received it without seconds de-
lay and were off 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 es-
cort of local wheelmen, who set kill
ing pace on towards their city and the
pouch was transferred to the Denver
boys with the same celebrity with which
it had been changing hands ever since
Monday noon.
Arrival at It's Destination.
DENVER, Aug. 12.-The relay race OF
the L. A. w. was finished tonight at
1O:37-6 days 10 hours and II 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 on
coming of the wheelmen. The riders
on the last section were George l..
Mccarthy and George w. Harry. They
entered the city in Arapahoe street to
the corner of Sixteenth, and from there
up Tenth to the county court house,
where an immense 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 Geographic re-
ply and handed a message to Gen. Nc
Cook 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,
7 FL. Ill.
OF this autograph letter which was
placed in the hands of the first relay
wheelmen at Washington. August 6 at
IL o'clock noon by the private secre-
tary of the president of the United
States. In future years it shall be
matter of pride to you and your fellow
bicyclists that you had part in this
grand achievement and helping to make
this wonderful record of the skill and
speed of the American wheelman. APP
plause.
Turning to Mr.. Black, the governor
said: Mr.. A. T. Black, of Jackson
vile, ILL.,, of the l.. A. W.: 1t is my
pleasant duty to congratulate you, Mr..
Black, as the manager and promoter of
this great enterprise upon its auspi-
cious termination. You have aroused
new interest in that beneficient in
vention, the wheel, which has already
produced SO extraordinary 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 made his reply to
Gen. Greeley, after which the crowd
slowly dispersed.