The record-union., 1896-08-25
IlRANSCONTINENTAL RELAY.
The Great Bicycle Trip Will Be Com
menCed To-Day.
Details of the Part That the Sacra-
mento Wheelmen Will Take
in the Affair.

u2nScontinenta1 relay bicycle rlde,
which begins at San Francisco at II
o'clock m to-day and ends in New
York. A package under the protection
Of the Government viii be carried from
San Francisco to New York by means
OF bicycle relays, which will vary in
distance for each rider from four to
fifty miles.
The first relay from the junction of
Market street and Grant avenue to the
foot of Market street, will be made on
q tandem, with twenty-inch wheels,
ridden by M. Devaney's eight-year-old
boy and girl, twins. From there it will
be taken across the bay on the fastest
tug procurable to the Oakland mole,
where it will be taken in hand by the
San Francisco wheelmen and carried
by relays to Elk Grove, in Sacramento
County.
There the message will be delivered
to Tommy Welch of the Capital City
Wheelmen, who will in turn pass it to
Walter Leitch at the Lake House, who
will carry it into Sacramento, coming
from the upper Stockton road down P
street to Fifteenth, thence over to N
and down N to Tenth, thence to NJ.
Here the message will be put into
Division No. 2, under the management
of L. S. Upson, who will have charge
of the safe delivery Of the packet to
the Reno wheelmen at the State line.
Owing to the uncertainty of the roads
and liability to accidents and delays,
it will be almost impossible to tell just
when the message will arrive in Sacra-
mento, but the press bulletins will be
received at Kimball & Upson's store
from the time it leaves San Francisco
until it arrives in New York.
The transfer will be made at Tenth
and NJ streets, where the people will
have plenty of room to witness it. Be
fore the message will be transferred
Governor Budd's Private Secretary, in
the formers absence. will place on the
message the State seal and his sigma
ture, and Postmaster Thomas Fox
will stamp on it the official time of it's
reception in Sacramento.
Jake Hirsch, the crack-a-jack of the
Capital City's, will take the package
from Leitch about 7:30 p. m. and ride
to Arcade, eight miles east Of town
He will start from Tenth and NJ streets,
going to Tenth and j, thence to
Twelfth and out Twelfth to the Ameri-
can River, then following the regular
wagon road to Arcade. @. Shearer will
ride with him as pacemaker and as
sistant, and will not allow him to go
to sleep on the road.
From Arcade to Antelope, six miles,
Lester Young, the fastest road rider in
the club. assisted by Louis Payen, will
carry the message and deliver it to A.
Patterson, who, assisted by George
Jackson, will ride to Rocklln, eight
miles, there delivering package to hand
some Bob Smith. The latter will be in
waiting. with J. Bauer-"a good pair
to draw to-
They will carry it to Penryn, five
miles, where Duke Ten Bosch will be
in readiness to receive and deliver 1t to
"OId War-horse" w. \. Hubert at New
castle, four miles farther on, who will
be assisted by Ernest Elliott in carry
ing it to Auburn, five miles. Their re-
lay, from Newcastle to Auburn, will be
a. hard one, as the road and grade are
very heavy.
L. S. Upson, known as The Parson,"
assisted by L. D. Huntley will take the
package at Auburn and carry it eigh
teen miles to Colfax. The entire dis
tance will be made on the railroad track
and the riders will have their hands
full looking out for trains, culverts and
other obstacles that cannot be readily
seen at midnight.
Brick" Kuhn, popular representa-
tive travelling man, assisted by Bob Ed
gren, the champion hammer-thrower
and Upson. Will make the trip to Gold
Run, thirteen miles. This is one of the
most picturesque relays Of the entire
distance across the continent, taking in
the celebrated Cape Horn and high
trestle A ride over this trestle by
moonlight on the railroad ties will be
something not to be soon forgotten. In
tact, none of the relays between Sacra-
Icento and the summit Of the Sierra
Nevada will be lacking in interest, as
the entire distance will be made in the
night time and at a high rate of speed,
making it doubly dangerous for those
taking part in the run.
The Lille brothers of Lodi will take
the package at Gold Run, carrying 1t
through the snowsheds to Summit VAL
ley. where the wagon road viii be taken
over the summit, then down the other
side to Truckee by way of Donner Lake
This Is the longest relay of this division,
also the hardest, particularly the ride
from the summit to Donner Lake. The
Lille brothers have had considerable
experience in road riding, and viii do
Justice TO their long ride. At Truckee
James Mccormick Of Verdi VIII take
the package and start on his perilous
ride down the Truckee River toward
Reno, New, where il VIII be delivered to
the Reno wheelmen. who win have