The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-09
10 TRY FOR RECORDS
Greenville Wheelnen Will
Attempt to Ride To
Washington in Three
Days.
CRAIG IS AFTER BIG GAME
lie Will Meet Frank Erne In a Ten
Round Bout-Baseball and
Yachting.
CRAIG IS AFTER BIG GAME

N
.scap" Livingston and Ritchie Petit. the
we'll known Greenvllia wheelmen. VINO
ore 10 ride 10 Washington in an attempt
TO break the record Of three ana q mar
6avs have decide to start from Green
x.iia ear;v in the morning of Sunday.
Tr,v q. They hope to ride the entire dis
tancs a,71s miles IN three DAYS. and If the
Weather proves favorable they VIII no
aa,bt it. They are preparing
TO meet all obstacles and will take with
.hem. besides p complete repair Kit, eS-
ira tires. SO that should they meet with
n uuncture that cannat be repaired no
s:ne w:fl be lost They will make Phila-
delnh.a in the first day and stay N
ouaEsrtown over niEls. resumiag tne.r
;ournev early the neyt morning. The
ront selected is an excellent enc and VIII
GERRY them through the most picturesque
a~actions of this State. Pennsylvania and
asarv;and. Far wheelmen who desire to
snend their vacation on the wheel no het-
TOR ta.r than this could be selected
S4ars:ng from this city the route is over
the Elizabeth. Pla.nfaid and New Bruins
wick course. This section of the route IS
so we'll known to local wheelren that It
need not be given hero. From New Bruins
wick the route IS as follows;-
Take New brunswick road, direct
thro.asn ~Renrarotcp. Piseatawa. to New
Brunswick ta=ss miss from n Y-1; road
rolling. fair 70 good: cross bridge. straight
out Albany street, turn left direct TO
Franklin Park. direc. down hill 20 Kings
ton fasg my: cross bridge. tnrn ieft, al
rect TO Princeton Gl& MI, cray ana
sbale. fair TO go2d; after passing Prince
ton College right fork direct to Law
renceville, direct to old Trenton PIKE,
turn right. direct to Warren street,
Trenton f54is m. ~);continue on warren
street TO bridge. croSs TO Morrisv1lle,
turn left, to Bristol Pike: turn right oil
rect via. Tullytown TO Bristol, Pa. GS'a
ny: side path much of the way; turn
right at hotel, at cemetery TAX left
fork. direct to Frankfort-on-Pike USE
m.); to Philadelphia (S5i9 M; via Kings
ton avenue to I.ehigh avenue. TO Broad
street. to Market; see Independence Han
and the old Liberty bell on lower Market,
the new City Hall. Market and Broad;
Girard College and Paramount Park, the
latter can be taken in upon the contlnu-
alton of the trip; leaving City Hail via.
Broad street and Twenty-second street,
to Hamilton, to Twenty-ffth. to T. A. b..
fountain, TO Fifty-second street, direct
via. Lancaster Pike to Ardmore g m);
fine; via Lancaster Pike to Bryn Mawr
d01z m.) fine: to Wayne IA m-); 10
Devon az ny; to Paoli go ny; Lancaster
Pike. all fine: left fork just beyond sta
ton al West Chester co ny: turn right
to foot of hills, turn left and bear right
along woods to Sager's Mills (34A m);
via. Old Brandywine Road very interest
ing historic ground to chad's Ford (S8
M; good; pass under railroad, turn right
to bridge with railroad beyond) after
crossing turn left, to Double Bridge Gao
km.); 4 mile out. long hill: four miles
from Double Bridge turn right up cinder
hill and cross railroad direct to VIII
k~@nington, Delaware go m.): turn left,
&on pike to cobbles, then pavement or
walk five or six blocks to CLAYTON House;
leave Market street, cross bridge down
caUseway, IL M, turn right, in State
road, direct through Red Lion. 01 ND;
over Summit bridge to Middl, town (5
M: turn right at Middletown, direct to
Warwick. Nd, (915 M; direct IL mile
anf turn right to Cecilton (S5a n.y.; turn
left and direct to Frederickstown (S81a
nj; cross Sassapas River to Georgetown
and direct to Galena ts01s nj: turn right
right 2 m ont, direct until within II
mile of Lynches where turn left leaving
LyHcneS anu TaltTOau QtFeCI 10 6iHeS-
vile d12 nj: on road north of railroad
direct to Willis Cross Roads to Fairleigh
C17 M; turn right direct to Colchester
u2S ND: take steamer from Colchester
to Baltimore: out Baltimore street to
Freds rick Turnpike left fork and direct
to -Cantanville Q29 M; direct down
n32 M fair, cross Potomac and - mile
to left fork. direct to Columbia Q36 MI
fine; turn right and take first left fork
to Highlands M some good side
path. balance sand and poor; take first
left fork beyond Highlands: cross Pa
cross road and turn left to Sandy Spring
n5o1@ nj: poor. sandy; leaving: bear
into Spenceville road lin retracing take
left fork) direct to Colesville d57 ND;
fair from Highlands: direct fork int
right to Burnt Mills dso5 m.5; direct fork
i rateae anr0f take r rieht e for slSig dir ess s III dH
down grade to Brighrwood Q67 M: di-
rect to Washington az ND; enter, via.
Seventh street, turn right to Ninth
Mount Vernon. the historic spot
around which clings so many memories
Washington. is fourteen miles down the
Virginia side of the river. The road lead
ing 70 Mount Vernon is red clay and is
second only to asphalt for wheeling pur-
poses. By taking ten days to this round
trip almost any wheelman can cover the
ground WIN case Inc Iflp is one IndT
viii lipger forever in ones memory If
Undertaken.
Acting in accordance with Instructions
few days ago. David Shafer, manage
and trainer of Sanger, called on Mr..
Spalding today at his office and dis
cussed in full the future of the profess
sional portion of his racing team No
definite arrangement could be arrived at,
and Mr.. Skater. acting on behalf of Mr..
Sanger. asked for the latter's release and
his own. This was granted by Mr..
Spalding. Now thew are free to do Just
as they. please. Mr.. spaldfng at qaes
Chairman Gideon that Sanger and
sbafer had asked for their release and
Shafer and Spalding parted the best of
friends. There IS no bad feeling. what
ever. Mr.. Shafer believes that there IS
a bright future for Sanger in the pro
fessio1al rapks. which he. seems to think
will be the leading class from this put.
JOE CRAIG TO MEET ERNIE.