The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-07-14
They Rode Tandem q Thousand
Miles.

wesley 1ODlQS0Q anu JOnn DreSncr,
two enthusiastic wheelmen, have slip
ped noiselessly down, on the soft,
velvety tires of a tandem. from Orange,
New Jersey, to Atlanta, Ca, a distance
of nearly 1000 miles.
These two crack cross-country riders
rolled into Atlanta Friday afternoon,
being out on the road only 10 days.
On an average, 100 miles Of American
soil skinned under the rims of the
flying tandem, and forests and towns
fitted by like the fast shifting scenes
in a 7itascope. It was b~racing and
strangely fascinating, and every mile
which fell behind seemed to spur them
on to greater speed.
They came by way of Philadelphia,
Washington, Charlottesville, Va, and
Greenville, S. c., and carried with
them an entire travelling outfit, con-
sisting Of bicycle repair goods, tool
bags, wearing apparel, tent and a
number of other articles incident to a
bicycle outing. The baggage weighed
fifteen pounds, and included such
minute articles as shaving soap, brush
and razor.
eve are both members of the
Orange Athletic club, of Orange, N.
j." said Mr.. Wesley Robinson, who,
by the way, is a nephew of DR.. Man
nahan, the wcll-known physician hero,
''and left home last Tuesday, one week
ago, and arrived in Atlanta last Friday.
When we left Orange something like
a hundred wheelmen accompanied us
as far as Philadelphia, a distance Of
1O6 miles, which VIC easily made the
first day.
"Our second day out, though, was
our record, for in it we made Washing
ton, which is 100 miles from Philadcl-
phia. This is the greatest distance
we made in any single day, but the
100 miles slipped by without any
effort almost as the roads were simply
perfect.
"Our average Il day was about a
hundred miles and then, of course,
very often we did not ride a full day.
We never rode in the middle of the
day at all, but did most of our sleeping
then. We usually started out at 2
o'clock in the morning, and would
ride until ten or eleven o'clock, then
we would go into camp and sleep till
about 6, when VIC would begin again
and keep up a steady lick until II at
night.
II never felt better in my lifc,"
said young Robinson, humping him
self vigorously on the chest, land |
think one reason for our good physical
condition is due to the fact that we
lived on bread and milk for breakfast
and for lunch, and at night would take
only a very light supper. We dieted
ourselves all the time we were out and
as the result we both show up in good
form at the end of the trip.
"We rested a day and a half in
Greenvillc, S. c., and a day at Win
chester, | believe it was, Virginia, and
the rest of the time we put in.
eve rode a 90 gear which is never
used in cross-country rides and besides
we had enough baggage to weight US
down."
Robinson and Dreshcr will leave
here Wednesday for New Orleans, by
way of Mobile. Dresher is going to
enter business in New Orleans but
Robinson proposes returning to Orange
on q single wheel through Mississippi
and Tennessee in the curse of a few
weeks.
The wheel ridden was o "Patoe"
tandem and the entire front tire was
worn away.
The entire trip was made without a
single accident and during the 10 days
out not a rain storm was encountered.
atlanta Journal, July 5.