New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-08
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE TIME.
FINISH OF THE RELAY RACE FROM
CHICAGO.
MUNGER REACHES sIXTIETH- ST. AND BoVLE-
WARD AT 1857 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. BEAT
ING THE RECORD p HOURS AND 40 MIN
UTEs-GREAT ENTHUSIASM AT BRIDGE
MANS ACADEMY. THE FINISH
nc POINT.


TIE finishing poin, Of the relay bicycle rare he-
tween tho V-d and Blne Wheemcn bearing letters
fron, General Merritt to General Miles and from
pos,.nas,er ueslne Of Chicago. to Postmaster Day
ton was the srenn of much excitement last n'sht.
Early IN III, evening Mr.. Bridseman. proprietor OF
the Ne;ropoiiton Bicycle Company. at SIX
,ieibs- AMI the Boulevard. where the re-
Law vhec,racr were to conclude their st'ch-
giles. was ca,icl upon nv representative
Of Postmaster Dayton who came TO assure him that
the Postmaster sincerely regretted hts inao.i'y 10
be present personally and receive the message sent
him from Chicago by bicycle on account OF ha''"7
70 leave Unexpectedly for Washington. The race
WAS held under the auspices Of The Recorder
Munger of the Reds arrived at 80 this morning
in e. hours and 81 minutes beating the record py
n hours and a. minutes
The blue teams represent the Postal Department.
and the red the Military.
General Miles appeared az the finish point a'
l2.45. as did also Mr. McNeal. Postmaster Day
toms secretary AS soon as the dispa'ch was ~
ceived. General Miles ielegraphed to chicago ac-
knowledging It's receipt
The huge gathering outside the MetropoH'," "
cycle Academy watched the big bulletin poa'u
impatiently and every time the ropes wHioi' ~ ~.
dovn the two pasteboard wheels one red ana the
other blue. a peg, say from Albany 10 h"uso' '
and the time of arrival and departure were po''-
cd I'D. the boulevard resoundcd with cheers.
One tangible Bit OF evidence that in spite OF I'M
movements In wheels. In riding anu In 'ie S'"'
Of the roads Uncle Sam Is still ahead In the maj
Ter of postal facilities was received by MI po''e
man in the shane of a letter posted in chicago on
Wednesday II was dropped in letier-oox al tNe
same time the relay race was s'arteA' AZ . r.oON
In the morning. The letter bore the OhiVaso w.
Office mark at 20 a. NJ the time II was pcheu up'
II was addressed TO General Miles at the sixue'h-
st. academy. and was reCei'eu SeS'@' ~
ut II o'clock
One OF thc\.r stages posted up FOR the crown
TO gaze at on the big bulletin board last night WAS
when the red and blue pasteboard bicycle r'uers
were placed at Hudson. The Red arrived at tha'
village at 7:45 Tas. came in twenty two minutes
after The crowd had grown to hug, proportions
when the dispatch announced the arrival or Inc
Red pouch carrier. still ahead. at Poush-
keepsie. The only Thing like this crowd OF inter
es:ed quasi spectators ~ the big race was the on
gatherings that used 10 take place during the oiu
s,x-day go-as-you-peasi races at Madison square
Garden. The gathering MAST night would nave a
good deal surprised the Clitme gathering though,
for wheels with a tiny sed. blue. white or green
light at the fore. small bu, intensely bright were
held by almost every one " the watchers OF 'he
bulletin boards.
The Red was stil ahead. Almost twenty minutes,
when Wappingers Falls reached. At ms
point the blcyclists were so Ear ahead OF the
schedule THAI The enthusiasts refused 10 trust any
longer to the teegraph. and began to cast fur''e
At Garrison the Red team arrived at 1oA7 P m.
Reds were far IN front reaching there at II 10
The Reds arrived at Tarrytown at l2:w From
Yonkers TO the finish at the Boulevard the teams
we're arranged as follows: Blue-knapp and Boude
Reid c. Hall and j. L. Hall. Kingsbrdge-
blue rcivopl and Eagerly Reds-Underhill and
Mack From One-hnndred-and- twenty hfth-st to
the finish the riders Murphy and Knowles
FOR the Reds and Munger and Price for the Blues.
Syracuse. " y. June THE blue courier OF the
Chicago and New-York relay race left Weedsport
this morning $40 o'clock arriving here at I:l9.
having lost time the twenty miles of relay.
but being hours Al minutes ahead of the schedule.
Utica June THE blue pouch passed through
Kirkland at s47 and the red at 9:5s. Both pouches
KEEP; the distance apart. and made the run
of eleven miles to this city in II minutes Good
enough OF Syracuse. delivered the blue TO Ferris al
Utica at 10lps. and Eecles;one delivered the red
10 Schmidt 1925 The streets along the route
were lined with people. and Steuben Park where
the exchanges were made. has been crowded since
7 a. m. The riders ere cheered by thousands as
they rode away
Albany. y. Y, June --Chcago-New-York bicycle
racers arrived here "a follows: Red. AIS; blue 4l9
Pouyhkeepsie " Y. June The red relav rider
arrived at Garrson's twenty-five miles south OF here.
a: lO:47 o'clock. The blue rider reached Garrson's
al l:le. The red rider reached Peeksk at II 20.