The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-30
THE EDITORS WHEELS.
lie Is Making a Bicycle Tour of tn.
United states.


Missoula, May 29-Harry e CLANCY
of the Florence hotel has received a
letter from Tom w Winder. the bicy-
clist who is making a circuit of the
United States on wager, stating that
he will be in Missoula before long on
his eastward journey. The trip which
Mr.. Winder is making is-like all such
tourneys-in the settlement Of a wager.
The hardy wheelman is a newspaper
man, the editor of the Warsaw Und)
Wasp, and has completed nearly a
third Of his long journey. Under the
conditions of the wager Mr.. Winder is
obliged to earn his own expenses on
the trip. and in this he has thus far
been successful. The following clip
ping. taken from an eastern paper was
printed before the start was made and
VIII indicate something of the severe
task which the rider has undertaken:
Tom w. Winder, editor of the Wasp
and a bicycle enthusiast will, to de-
eide the bet and establish a record"
endeavor to make a trip along the
coast and border line of the United
States, estimated-via circuitous coun>
try roads-at y 800 miles, in 800 con-
secutive days, or a daily average Of -
miles, crossing 80 states and territories.
220 counties; visiting 1854 cities, towns
and villages. and registering at 20
points en- route.
The start will be made from New Or
leans on March T. 1895. going west, so
that the entire trip can be made in
warm weather. enabling him to cross
the great plains of the northwest dur
ing the early summer. the most faVora-
bic time of all the year.
The following places have been Sc
lected as registering points: New Or
leans, Lake Charles, La; Houston,
Galveston. San Antonio, Brackets
Vile, Fort Davis. Fort Quitman. FL
Buchanon. Tuscon, Yuma, Ariz.; Los
Angeles. San Francisco, Sacramento.
Chico, Hornbrook. Cal: jacksonville.
Salem, Portland. Ore; Kalama. Taco
ma, Seattle, Spokane, Wash; Bonner's
Ferry. Idaho; Fort Assinnaboine. Fort
Mont. Fort Buford. Fort Totten. n
D.; Crookston, Duluth. Mimi; Ashland.
Wis; Marquette, Mackinaw. Saginaw,
Detroit. Mich. Toledo. Cleveland.
Ohio: Erie, Pa; Buffalo, Rochester.
Oswego. Waterfowl, Ogdensburg.
Coopersville. y. Y; +. Swanton. Rich
ford, VT; Gorham. Portsmouth. N H.:
Bangor. Belfast. Augusta, Portland.
Maine; Boston, Mass; Providence,
Newport. II. L.; New London. New Ha-
ven, Conn; New York city; Jersey City,
Mays Landing, n. J.; Wilmington,
Del; Baltimore, Annapolis. Md: Wash
ington. II. c: Richmond. Suffolk. Va.
Savannah, Ga; Jacksonville. Tallaha-
see, Fla; Mobile, Ala; Mississippi City.
Miss: and again at New Orleans.
This is the longest bicycle Journey.
with or without a time limit ever I'M
dertaken. being considerably farther
than 10 circle the globe. which re-
quires from two 10 three years. That
his movements will be watched with
great interest, admits OF no doubt.
Many viii be the days that he will
have TO make century" i'm order
10 even up. MIR. Winder is Of slight
build. Weighing but 120 pounds. and
has done considerable rough country
riding. among other places having
done" the Yellowstone National Park
ION a wheel during the past autumn.
This ride viii be a most remarkabrh
test Of endurance. when the condition
of the ordinary country road the
to be crossed and the storms
TO be encountered are considered.