The sun., 1899-06-22

FASTENED to greet the fastest cycle rider in the
Murphy %~ pcrsprns sf "s and gasp ssspps but SS smiling.
sat with a bnthrobo around him In an easy
S4s %bn He sbS1t Sf EIi ns'c1. Of stSnnS
been bee @pa5iSI I to stop in The ~ "a Yards allowed y
the end of the boards while still going very
fast When he parted company with his big
about twenty yards behind. and he, Thought
be would surely be thrown: He wabbled VIC
SH Ss Tn sEt9 S 0ens gsas tsp bd is
yomd where the rushing Ing air from each ncs sde I
in the, air, will appreciate, ms ,Murphy,ss
Therefore be from the back drnucht after he
has finished the mile. when he tries to do u IN
one minute or better. as he will on June 30.
.Mnrphy,s pulse when he finished was beating
at w. ~ It GnGEy 5pfsaed Ss to 1hG b normal bana
Of i've years had been attained. and he looked
happy; He knew that he could pedal mile in
f ee III ike "m III !? Just e kG do @ on the home
tEs GHsye see thers was %
and the responsibility and the danger Of swerv-
ns "nd ny s n9gSn fSo SISThns
4ian,t hear word w 81 but saw the cap waye
since, 1895. both as an amateur and pr9ies-
est man of the professionals. He. has been
trying to get some railroad to lay
bH beens qna aWays a he psSSa rs e @ IN
one minute because he could move his legs SO
ToTdeTiuly fnst He found beevGr M tn at lat
York State Division. L.A.W. who was convinced
that II i could be done it would he a great
speci acle for the annual meet OF he l.. \. W. at
fuliert9ns cognection With the, railroad
with the success told. although yester-
hSys E% Was TsS s my ne beore %
ing fhs mile in a minute Murphy was told
Yesterday that be would only be taken at
about igqte HS - seGo"%s At the lowest and
not on his life to slacken sppeed after CROSSING
Murphy willremain in training at Raty lon until
day. Meantime the track will be lenCthencl.
Just before starting, Murphy talking a.. much
no s as to fh & ssS and n nSe
can help it. II I'm 10 die now, all right;
but | do not think SO" It was his
sustained him He strengthened his wrists
sripping clqihespins and using them as dumb,
he. has ridden mile on "a ,home-trq.ner in
thirty-seve1 seconds. His only pain while rid
csssd S Sofge SS the - White e marx marx and % ncn KY
closed toward the end
ne start lOr the ride was made at , :JD
o'clock in the evening. The timers we're T. |.
Lee, y. Y. 4. c., AL Reeves. Atlantic A. 4. and j.
II. Gerre. The engine used was No 80. the same
one that carried Gov; Roosevelt on his Long
Island stumping tour during the Eubernatorial
campaign. The engineer was Samuel Booth
who ran il for the Governor and got him to
every station on time. Besides the score of
newspaper men who watched the performance
and were impressed by the simnle honesty
and wonder of it were Ashley W. Cole.
CHAIRMAN Of the State Railway Commiss ion
Superintenient Potter of the railroad and all
the various officers. DR. John Merritt c. W.
Dunn OF the Railway Commission. q couple OF
members Of the Academy Of Photography and
ot one minute or better Is tried for. James l..
Sullivan will act as referee and prominent men
will Utticiatc.
The ride Yesterday was private and in the
nature of an experiment, hut there was not
room for til. slightest reflection on the whole
performance. the timers named being un bsiev-
ers, who acted INDEPENDENTLY OF the railroad
officials. who held watches and made the time
out to be nearly second slower
This is the first authenticated ride on a BIZ
cycle ever made in any part OF the world lower
than Minutes 40 seconds which Major Tay-
lor. succeeded in doing on track In the spring
OF 1897 F. L. Anderson at st. Louis rode behind
a locomotive and car and his time was said
to have been | minute 3 l-,j seconds. but those
who were present admit that he lost the pace
toward the last and was suspended over the
tract; in a harness attached to the roof OF the
car aud the time Of the engine was taken at
the finish.
In order to ride as he did Yesterday Murphy
had to make 1SO.O7 revolutions of the pedals
in the mile, which means 2I7 revolutions Ier