, 1896-08-28
BEHIND THE SCHEDULE.
RELAY RIDERS REPORTED OVER
SEVEN HOURS BEHIND
TINE.
One Of the Messengers Smashes His
Wheel on a Rock During a Night
Run-Wyoming Riders Figuring
on Making Up Some of the Lost
Time.

Time. !
From reports received at noon today
the riders in the relay race are over
seven hours behind their schedule.
Should they not have the good fortune
ing at Rock Springs. the message will
not readh here until Sunday night.
Starting out from San Francisco.
splendid time was made until the first
mishap. recorded yesterday. took place
in Nevada. The first 35l miles We're
travelled in one day, eight hours and
40 minutes.
The relay left Carlin. New. at II: As
last night. This point is 29S miles west
of Ogden. At 8 O'Clock the riders were
II hours behind time owing to a second
mishap. But between that and 6
O'Clock this morning the gap had been &.
reduced to seven and a half hours be-
lind schedule time.
TIT delay was cause by a mishap to
the relay rider between Carlin and the
next station east. The relay left there
at midnight and after the rider had
nearly gotten over his trip he came in
contact with a rock which fairly an
initiated his wheel. In place of going
ahead on foot he turned back with the
hope of meeting a traveller, but found
nobody on uhe road. The result was
chat he walked the wrong way for a
distance of II miles before getting a
new wheel. 1t was this ishap which
threw the relay so much behind time.
On leaving Carlin for his second trip
the relay rider abandoned the regular
road and Travelled over THE railroad
ties as a matter of precaution. His
time was necessarily very slow. The
riders on the next division, however.
made a record for themselves by cut
ting the lost time down by over three
hours.
This afternoon the dispatch is this
side of Ogden and from latest reports
the lost time is being made up rapidly.
Our riders have been allotted II hours
in which to bring the message from
Rawlins to this city and they figure on
cutting the time by four hours. barring
accidents. AS an extra precaution
they have arranged to rave Harris
trail Dekay to Fees ranch. DeKay will
then follow Cramer to Alsop's and the
latter rider will in turn follow Spald-
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the second man will then be able to
come to the assistance Of the unfortu-
nate.
The Laramie riders will probably be
informed tonight as to the time the re-
lay will make Rawlins and will then be
prepared to govern themselves accord
ingly.
Manager Ersweli telegraphed last
night that N all probability Bryan of
Rawlins would not ride with Lovejoy.
Should that rider not show up the lat
ter will be traiied by Kissee.
Inquiries over The Associated Press
line today as to the location of the rid
ers are fairly keeping the wires hot,
showing that the interest in the great
race is steadily on the increase.
The following dispatch was sent out
from Cheyenne last night:
The wheelmen Of this city are pre-
pairing to make the best record between
San Francisco and New York in the
transcontinental relay race, which
starred from Sal, Francisco Trosa,y
The Wyoming district, extending
from Rock Springs. Wyo., to Kearney,
NI1.. is lin cnarge Of Charlie Eswell,
who has selected an unusually strong
corps of riders to cover his division,
which is 635 miles in length, and in
cludes the elevations of the main range
of the Rocky mountains and the sand
covered roads of Nebraska. Among
the riders he has selected are Emigh,
King, Gerrans, Powelson, Chafin, Bris-
tol, Mills and Green, an well-known
Cheyenne riders; Harris. DeKay and
Cramer of Laramie, and Mcclure and
Mrs. Reinhart of Denver. Mrs. Rein
hart will ride from Red Buttes to Tie
Siding, a distance of nine miles and
up a grade of almost 100 feet to the
mile. Mrs. Rinehart has 20 centuries"
to her credit and has ridden 200 miles
in II hours, and no fears are entertain
ed OF her falling to make her schedule
time. Governor Richards, who was to
have vised the message OF the wheeling
couriers. 1t is expected will be absent
from the state when the message comes
through, and the duty will be perform
ed by his daughter, Miss Alice Rich
ards. who is private secretary and is
acting governor when the governor
Is absent.
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