Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-23
BICYCLIsT sEARLE's IDEA.
How He Keeps Tab on His Century
and 2OO-Milc Runs.

and 2OO-Milc Runs.
1.-The feat of Bicycist r. P. Searle by
which he lowered the best record from
Chicago to New York nearly three and one
half hours, is at present the subject of con-
siderable talk among wheelmen," said a
cousin of the noted ong-dIstance rider to
Star reporter yesterday. 1T Is the out
come of three attempts, the first being
slight improvement upon the best time
previously made and the next being dis
appointment, owing to the muddy con-
diton of the roads. In fact, two days of
the time consumed by this second trip
found the rider pedaling along in the rain.
''Seare also made second record on his
latest trip, that of covering distance Of
ever one hundred miles without alighting
to accomplish when one has already been
in the saddle for three days, almost con-
tinuously. And yet, to man who looks
upon ride of $50 miles as anything but
hard days work the task might seem
much less difficult than you or l would
suppose Only five or six weeks ago 1
met Bob at Rochester, n. Y. and as we
were about to part, asked him what he
had better run down to Bnghamton.' he
replied. You know l am pushing on to
New York The distance by road between
these places being very close to 1G0 miles.
you may imagine it would require great
deal of pushing for the ordinary rider
to make it in one day.
"Searle had adopted rather a novel
method of keeping tab on his runs, and one
which, it is needless to say, pleases his wife
immensely. He recently conceived the idea
of furnishing her with souvenir belt, to
be made up of gold links eack link to rep
resent a ride of one hundred or two hun
dred miles in day, as the case may be.
She Is already in possession of quite a
number Of 1O0-mile links and three or four
200-mile ones, while her husbands latest
journey promises to add a goodly proper
ton of increase. He sayS that the belt
when completed will represent total dis
lance Of some six thousand miles, twice the
breadth of the continent. and contemplates
commencing one for himself, to be COM
posed of 2oO-mile links only, as soon as his
wife's is finished. 81
"Searle is what is fcalled the hardest
kind Of rider. He is I'M the employ of
a manufacturing house, and one of his
their machines by taking them over all
kinds of roads. When lis wheel breaks
down he Immediately telegraphs for new
one returning the old one to the house that
they may see wherein 1T was defective
Being almost a giant in build, he has a
new mount quite frequently. He seems
to be thoroughly pleased with his voca-
ton, which he doubtless prefers to that
of commercial traveller, which he followed
for a number of years" "
First Race of Young Homers.
The Capital City Homing Club had it's
first young bird race yesterday from Rich
mond, Va. The birds were to have been
liberated early yesterday morning, but ow-
ing to a delay in the train on which they
were shipped, were not liberated until 1890
am. Mr.. G. NJ. Slaughter telegraphed as
follows:
III K. Bliss, secretary Capital City HON.
ing Club, 30 b street northwest:
BIRDS liberated at 1890; weather fair;
southeast wind; express delayed"
This was very late to have the birds
liberated, as the weather was so warm
that very poor returns followed. Mr. H.
K. Bliss had the first bird home at Las,
making an average speed of S73 G3-195
yards per minute.
The club has g. race next Sunday from
the 1lQ-mile station.