The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-23
THE GREAT RELAY RACE.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW
YORK ON BICYCLES.
Assignment of the Fifty-Two Utah
Riders Who VIII Take Part in
the Contest Against Time.

II
Riders Who VIII Take Part in
the Contest Against Time.
The. arrangements for the Journal
continent were settled yesterday, 50
far as the division under Mr.. Rishers
charge-which is from Nevada to Wyo-
ming-is concerned The plan is as
follows:
The packet containing the message
is to be endorsed by the governor Of
each stale and the mayor Of each Of
the chief cities through which the I'D
ers pass. A great many hundred riders
will participate in the relay. Utah alone
furnishes f1fty-two. Their division eX-
tends from Wells, New, to Rock
Springs, Wyo. The start will be made
on Tuesday, the 18th inst, at o'clock
! from the Examiner office in San Fran
cisco and the message will be borne
by California and Nevada wheelmen
to point where it is taken up by Utah
men. The latter and the subdivisions
over which they will ride and the time
aiGotted to each are as follows:
Wells to Fenelon, twenty-one miles,
one hour, thirty minutes, Carl Hall
strom, Byron Hartwell.
Fenelon to Toano, sixteen miles; one
hour, thirty minutes, W. E. Sibley, A.
Riser
Toano to Tacoma, twenty-seven
miles; two hours, forty minutes, F. j.
Barnes, W. B. S. Gilbert.
Tacoma to Terrace, thirty-three
car Dull, j. o. Cross.
Tarrapa N NaWH0d1r61anS tWaOFy-
miles; one hour, forty minutes, A. P.
Senior.
Newfoundland to Grass Mountain.
twenty miles one hour, forty minutes,
Fred Knowlden.
Grass Mountain to Rattlesnake,
twenty-one miles; two hours, ten min
utes A. Liday, Max Alexander.
Rattlesnake to Skull Valley, nine
teen miles; Gle hour, forty-five min
Utes, J. o. Brien, F. L. Meyer
Skull Valley to Grantsville, seven
teen miles; one hour. fifteen minutes,
Dr. Ned Hewett, W. E. Rhodes
Grsntsville to Garfield, nineteen
miles; one hoar, fifteen minutes, S. T.
Durant Tod Game.
Garfield TO Peterson, ten miles; forty
minutes, Fred Schmidt, A W. Game.
Peterson to U. P. depot, eight miles;
fifty minutes, A. c. Post, Auguit Stern.
y. P. DEPOT to Mulett & Co, one
mile; five minutes, w. Scott Crisunon,
George F. Downey.
MulIett & Co. to Fifth East and Sec
ond South, three-fourths mile; five
minutes, Charles Stanton, Fred A.
Slade.
Filth East and Second South to
waGerworks six miles; twenty-seven
minutes, w. D Brown, C. N. Butler.
Waterworks to Halfway house, nine
miles; fifty minutes, Fred May, Cap
tain Angel.
Hallway house to Kimballs, ten
miles; one hour, Thomas ". Macdon
aid
Kimbalgs to wanship, ten miles;
A Evans.
Wanship to Echo, thirteen miles;
fifty minutes, Frank L. Hart, WIFE
lam Lexington.
Echo to Castle Rock, nineteen miles;
two hours, Harry Simpler, Fred Sin
clair.
Castde Rock to Wasatch, ten indies
one hour, Maurice De Lovage, Charles
Corbin.
Wasatch to Evanston, twelve miles
fifty minutes, Evanston riders.
Evanston to Piedmont, twenty-nine
miles; four hours. Evanston riders.
Piedmont to Carter, twenty-five
miles; three hours, Evanston riders.
Carter to Granger, thirty miles
three hours thirty minutes, w. M.
Marsh, Ed East.
Granger to Green River, thirty-two
miles; four hours, NJ. Hazard, H. Rip
peto.
Green River to Rock Springs, six
teen miles; one hour ten minutes, w.
D. Rishel, Big Bill.
The route, it will be observed, is
along the old 'stage line" Tor a. goodiy
portion of the way and the riders will
come via Garfield to the Union Pacific
depot in this city. Beginning at the
depot the route will continue up South
Temple to East Temple; down the lat
ter street to Second South and then
east to Mullet's store, where Mayor
Glendinning will attach his signature
to the papers, as therefore, Indicated
George Downey and Scott Crismon will
be the riders from the depot to Null
let's. From there to Fifth East there
Will be Fred Slade and Charles E..
Stanton. At this point these cyclists
Will be relieved by w. D. Brown. who
VIII make the run in the mouth of the
canyon.
Aacn rider Will be presented with a
unique silver medal, the actual cost of
which is little more than So. The
railway expenses of sending riders out
to their stations and returning them
exceeds $500 for Utah alone. The ex-
penses for the entire undertaking is
about $4,000, and will be borne Jointly
by the New York Journal, Sam Fran
cisco Examiner and the StearnS Wheel
company.