Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-07-20
Miss Londonderry. the Bicycle EnthuSi-
asst, In Town.
BALL TO BL GIVEN


sumr what Ann-,i hy the sun and windr
II the OrIe1t The brad rim ~ n JAuniy
white straw hat iimn,-i with black RIB.
lp,n bent aud shuuk itrrlf IN r-rIuus- Ia
her animated movements II the head In
speaking. The rieht ley was thrown
over the lrfC the hands cr,~s-,l NJ the
knee aud from under the bu,,nm u =
plain, black skir, = rhAp.ly foot WAS We.
ible. The v-uturrruinr Athlrt. stands 3
feet inches AMI wr,ghr lS6 pounds
when she began her tour she weighed
LOB poundr. And fnr the nj pAso rAcrs she
,rAiu~i dawn FROM lI3 i.ouudu To- her
pr-r-n, weight
June %, lS,I. M,rr Londonderry start.
81 out frum B,~t"n under Contract t.
pump her way sruund the world IN hiie-n
the contract r~luir-r her H. register a,
stated plAc-s. The wager grew uut IL =
'ii.c ,ission b-tw.-n prominent club m-n
~ Ia the Irrw-r II endurance ami pluck
~ women. 1t was cunsld-r-d imI"usi Tile
for q Woman To- make the trip unA,t-nd
~ ami alone Mise Londonderry. the
plucky young journalist II the Boston
Herald was s-l-ct.sl for the feat II rlr
succ-.sis the $4,000 shall h- hers By
the terms ~ the contract che lett b,etnn
p-nnil-as and u requires that she should
receive NJ assistance III the way ~ money
nr fo0i that she did not actually work
for, She has sawed aud split wu,1i ~
return for fossil and hAr gone huugr! many
u day when abe could not g-t that or any
thing else tn In. II have absolutely re-.
c-ivrd no insult throughout, the whole
trip" said Mias Londonderry, and have
been treated with the highest considers.
tinn except I-rhAI~ when four ~ us all
Americans. were pAck.i like sAriiu-p
into a nsrr,w and vile dungeon IN
China"
Her course lay by way II France, Egypt,
Indls, China, Japan, Co-a, sib-rls aud sat
Francisco. and rom here she will pr,c--,
Ia Denver, and then home Ia Boston, Sh.
is permitted Ia ride 200 mlles by rail 90
th. entire trip.
She lsft III PAso sunday ia@, and hs,
expected 10 reach Las Cruces TUESDAY
II vas tn. worst experience II the whole
trip. Instead 81 reaching l.ss Cruces u,
expected, she was out ali nIghi wlthou
shelter in . bliniing rain. aud her cI",h-'
w.r. dripping water when she got there
Her tire was pnnctur'si and she w.
obliged Ia await . repair outfit from J..
paro. The journey over the JurnAio de
Mu-rto Was made without incident ant
the remainder II tho Journey /" sT"rr,
was difficult on account ~ heavy RAIN
and wAshoutn. At SoenrrI y-S,-riHy. pb'
boarded the train for Albuquerque, e
have gone hungry for days and rl-p, ou
in grAveyar,ir, but tina, was nothing com
pa,-d With my -KprrIsnc. from HI Pas
here" uh- said.
She rides IN bloomrr costume AMI hr
baggage CONSISTS ~ . uklr, (~hich aus
wers the doubl. purpnaa 81 meeting tn,
conventional requirement. Of city life an,
u . blanket when forrest Ia sleep OUT.
change ~ und-rclotheN and = cAnt.-n q
water, altogether weighing i've pounds
she carries = pistol On hey budy. and th
tn. quick. penetrating hash u her lArg
dark eye shows that she would not hest
tate . moment N w. It u n-c-aaAry. sh
r.csivsi . painful wound in the ph"uld-
from . stray bulle, IN the japan. Chm
war. She Was cru~uing the h-ld ~ hos,il
operations On her journey at the tim.
She recounts = narrow escape frot
drowning in crossing the Panton riveI
frozen 81 the time. TIL. "blk-" save
her from goi AZ under. The "bik1" In
2l.pound sterling. msn's make. TIL
lady elaine . record 81 = IL and IL
mile In 100. and from tue manner !
which she ran away from Albuquerque
fast pumyors last night, there can be n
doubt ~ II. The spur, Was in honor I
her arrival and she freely n's :h- lee
and held IL. The local Xh-slmsn hsdl
hunehsd on Railroad aud gener'
; eonfus III and tumb',ng war tho result
The bas, ,ims n - Londonderry claim
Ia have mad. on tbs trip Ia 40 miles froI
Ssn FrAueisco IA nVAr Cultnn, Gala,
% hours, aud also III miles from San,
barbara 10 L's Angeles IN ~ hours,
EAautS NhSEL,
The "biks" which has n>vrrs-d Aho,
- 900 miles over the earth IL shown
the window ~ d. J Ab-l. II has q
hr~ak, II lnnks . little worse for u
wear. but IL s,ill in the ring Like u
rider. It 10 thoroughly American, II h
longcd IN . previous part Il this Article
D refer W the several bold ups ~ whl'
> Miss Londonderry Was the victim, Rol
berry was the motive un every au,
, occasion. One halt the sn-cAll-si cou
/ Ag.ous sas ~ humanity would not .
\ t-mpt what this brave little Bat
, woman has accomplished
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