The Saint Paul globe., 1898-02-13
HINTSON CENTURY RIDES
EXPERIENCED LONG DISTANCE
CYCLIST OFFERS SUGGESTIONS
Century Road Clubs New Rules
Adopted Last Month Are Now
Given Out-COIumn of Interest to
All Road Riders, and Especially
WouId-Se Century Folk.

Road riding will be one of the most
popular forms of bicycling this sea-
SON. Within the past three years the
cyclist has become a familiar visitor
at wayside inns and country hostelries
within radius of fifty miles from this
city, and hardly a pleasant day passes
without the wheelman being very
much in evidence upon the country
thoroughfares There are, no doubt,
hundreds of st. Paul riders who have
at some time since becoming cyclists
wondered if they could succeed in ac-
cOmplShing a century run; and to this
class the following interview with an
experienced century rider of this city
may prove of interest: TT is not much
of a trick to do a century," he said,
upon being asked if one should go
through a special course of training
for the feat. "Of course one must be
a fairly good road rider to be able to
ride one hundred miles over country
roads inside the time limit Of fourteen
hours, but, if he goes about it in the
proper way, he will find the long trip
more Of pleasure than a task. If you
are ambitious for century honors, l
would advise you to gradually extend
your pleasure trips for a month or SO
before attempting the century run. At
the end of that period take a good
smart run out to Hotel st. Louis, Min
turning in the afternoon. This would
make a forty-eight mile spin. If you
find you have been able to accomplish
this without extreme fatigue or serious
after effects, you are without doubt in
good physical condition for a century
run. For about week after your Min
netonka ride do not go on any very
long trips, but take ten or fifteen-mile
spins each day to keep your riding
muscles in good working order. You
are then ready for the Mortified run.
Start about a. m. from the
Market house, accompanied, if
possible, by some experienced
century rider who has been
over the course before. Go west on
Seventh street to Smith avenue, then
cross the high bridge and keep straight
ahead until the road becomes too bad
for your wheel (Which happens before
you have gone four blocks), then take
the sidewalk on the left. If you take
the right hand walk you run the risk
of arrest by that Dakota county town
marshal who stands on guard behind
some convenient stump or tree and
collects his meagre salary in small in
StallmentS from unsuSpecting city
cyclists whom he succeeds in nabbing
and bulldoZing into handing over
You keep straight on as far as the
street extends, then turn sharp to the
You are now on the old Dodd road and
will have no trouble in finding your
way. After you have reached Rose
mount (siXteen miles, you may con-
gratulate yourself upon the fact that
the worst part of the road is over II
1t has not taken you over two hours to
reach this point, you are within sched-
ule time and are entitled to fifteen
minute rest.
"Farmington eight miles, is suppos-
ed to be reached in the next hour, but, as
the road is good and level now, it
should not take you more than forty
five minutes to make the run. Be-
tween Pennington and Northf1eld (six-
teen miles, are some long weary hills,
but to compensate you for this trial
you will find miles of beautiful level
road, winding along beside cultivated
fields and turning square corners as it
follows the section lines over as fine
rural landscape as there is in the
state. The farmers all along this road
will be found hospitable and willing to
offer refreshments to the hungry or
thirsty cyclist. In fact catering to the