, 1896-08-25
THE BIG RELAY RACE.
FIRST OF THE RIDERS LEAVE
SAN FRANCISCO AT NOON
TODAY.
The Message Expected in This CITY at
3 O'clock Next Sunday Afternoon
Laramie Riders, Despite the
Rough Roads, VIII Make a Valient
Effort 20 Beat Their Schedule.

Preparations are about complete for
the New York Journal and San Fran
cisco Examiner great transcontinental
Yellow Fellow relay race, which is to
he STARTED today from lthe coast city.
The route lies lin almost a straight
line from San Francisco TO New York,
passing over the Sierra Nevada and
Rocky mountains through Ogden,
Cheyenne, Omaha, Cedar Rapids, Chi
cago, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo. SYRIA
cuse and Albany. The old overland
pony express route. travelled by the
Wells-Fargo messengers in the early
days of western development, will be
followed and the states of California.
Nevada. Utah, Wyoming. Colorado.
Nebraska. Iowa, Illinois. Indiana.
Ohio and New York will be crossed.
Four hundred bicycle riders will fur
nish the relays in this great transcon,
l.nental bicycle race against time. The
average distance covered by the riders
will be 10 miles. Each rider will be
followed by a substitute at a distance
of from so to 100 feet, in order that
should any accident or breakdown oc-
cur to the man in advance there need
be no interruption Of the race.
A leather packet win be carried on
the shoulder. containing a wal depart
ment message from the commanding
officer at the Preside, the headquar.
ters of the army or the Pacific coast.
at San Francisco, to the commanding
harbor. General Miles. who takes a
lively interest in the usefulness Of the
bicycle. has given intructtions that a
message be sent in this n in or
der to test the practicability OF trans
ferring information owe long distances
by wheel in cases OF emergency.
Arrangements have been made with
the postal authorities to have the post
masters in the towns through which
the relay passes afflx their date stamps
to the message, in order that there may
be no doubt about the validity Of the
record.
Oficial recognition Of the Importance
of the relay race will be shown by the
governor of each STATE through which
the relay passes. Accompanied by
members OF his ltaff, each governor will
be at some convenient point along the
line, and will stop The passing rider
only long enough to wise the message.
In many of the large towns through
which the message will pass on its
lightning trip preparations are being
made by local wheelmen to make tahe
occasion a festive one. News has al
ready been received Of many bicycle
parades and tournaments that are to
be held in honor Of the race.
Each of the 400 riders will be pre-
scented with a handsome souvenir
medal of solid silver. designed in heavy
relief. A yellow ribbon suspends the
pendant, the design of which shows
the Golden Gate of California and two
relay riders in the foreground, both
mounted and in motion. One is in the
act OF passing the packet to the other.
The packet win arrive in Omaha
Thursday, Sept. 3, at 3 O'Clock.
Big Bill Rishel, a former Cheyenne
boy, but now OF Salt Lake City, has
charge of the longest and most difficult
division of the ride, lit covering the
desert country between Reno, New. and
Rock Springs, Wyo. Some OF the rid
ers on that division will have Ito carry
canqeens filled with walter, as aqua
puln is very scarce. Rishel believes
; that the riders on his division will be
able Ito cover the distance on schedule
time.
Charles S. Erswell has charge OF the
division between Rock Springs and
Kearney, Neb., which is also a difficult
one on account Of 1.-The heavy grades
and sand. Nevertheless Erswell pre-
diets thu. the run will be made under
the allotted time.
The distance between Fort Steele
and Laramie, about los miles, will he
handled by 1.-THE following riders:
Fort Steele to Elk mountain. Love-
10y and KisSee.
Elk mountain ITO Rockdale, Frick
and Holiday.
Norrhrup's to Terry Fees ranch, De-
Kay.
Fees ranch to Laramie. Spaldiny.
AT this point the relay will be taken
up by the Cheyenne riders as follows:
John Mcguire OF Denver will ride
from Laramie to Red Buttes.
Mrs. Reinfhlardt, also of Denver. will
take the message from Red Buttes to
, Tie Siding.
: Mrs. Refnheardt Ia said TO be a phe-
, nomenal rider.
MCGUIRE will trail her to Tie Siding
and Mrs. Refnhardt will tram Al Gran
ger OF Cheyenne from Tie Siding to
Sherman.
Not n complaint has yer been
made by those using Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla according to directions. Further
more, we have yet to learn of a case in
u-hsob ~ hou fat1nd N nRopd hopnAk O.