The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-31
streets of Ogden, finished the work on his
division at Rock Springs yesterday. He
made creditable finish

division at Rock Springs yesterday. He
made creditable finish.
Yesterday the riders of the San Fran
cisco Examiner and New York Journal
bicycle relay lost time on account of a
cloudburst and bad roads. The riders
passed through Rock Springs, Point of
Rocks, Bitter Creek, Upton and Creston,
Wyo.
The relay arrived at Rawlins at 500
o'clock last evening. The riders were due
cording to the schedule, they were six
hours and eight minutes late.
On account of the heavy rains and SUBJ
merged roads Bristol and King had to
carry their wheels.
The following special dispatches to the
Examiner from Rawlins tell of the adver-
sites encountered yesterday and predict
further impediments to-day:
RAWLINS, WYo., Aug. 30.-Ratlroad track
best riding around here. At Fort Steele six
teen miles to the east relay. will leave track
and strike south along the old emigrant trail
saving about thirty miles.
RAWLINS, Wyo., Aug. 30.-Cloudburst at
Fort Steele day before yesterday laid mile or
two of trail under water. Courier will have to
area.
RAwLINs, wYo., Aug. 30.-There is wind
from the west that is o K for speed, but rains
Clouds are fears
burst.
RAWLINs, WYo.. Aug. 30.-Charles Erswill,
manager Of the Cheyenne division and holder
with standing start, Is here with some of his
crackerjack couriers.
RAWLINs, wYo., Aug. 30.--Charles Erswill
says he and his boys are going to do them
selves proud.
RAWLINs. wYo, Aug. 3o.-11 $50 A. M.-The
packet is humming this way over the noun
tains.
WYOMING, wYo, Aug 3O.-Big Bill Rishel
of Salt Lake has left us. His division ended at
Rock Springs. He rode the last relay from
Green Mountain before dawn, with the Ogden
Grape still tied 10 his wheel.
RAWLlNS, Aug, SOL :35 p M.-Afterstrtking
the trail at Fort Steele relay won't be heard
from till 1t reaches Laramie, eighty-nine miles
away. No telegraph stations. Rough riding
among the foothills at Elk Mountain.
RAWLINS, Aug. 80. The only woman courier
In the Examiner-Journal Yellow Fellow ride
will take the hardest relay in Charlie ErswilPs
crack road rider, with 9 record of ten centuries
in six days. She will ride nine miles up the
steePe est pert par of Of Mo sn SHERMAN he
and all along the road to Cheyenne; very un--
usual at this season through this section; bad
roads hold relay back.
The couriers are now ascending the
western slope of the main range of the
ROCKY mountains. The little mountain
streams which they cross flow into Green
River, a tributary of the Colorado River,
and ultimately reach the Pacific Ocean at
the Gulf OF California. When Sherman is
reached the waters flow to the Platte and
through the Missouri and Mississippi riv-
ers to the Atlantic Ocean at the Gulf of
Mexico.
According to the schedule the riders are
due at Sherman at 500 this (Monday)
morning, and due at Cheyenne at 1862
A. NJ. to-day. At Rawlins they were six
hours and eight minutes late, with a
stormy night of travel ahead. The wheel
ing must necessarily be slow. The cour-
iers must keep the sense OF hearing alert to
avoid rushing torrents when lightning
flashes do not reveal to the sight the scenes
of peril. If the cloudbursts precipitate
vast torrents of water Sherman may not
be reached until late this afternoon.
Once over the Rockies the relay riders