The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-19
RIDES EIGHT CENTURIES.
MRS. LINDSAY COMPLETES HER Task
IN Of HOURS.

L. l.. Ia a hotel where the In mates are slum-
brous to-day. after flve days Of wakefulness
and peculiar state Of excitement that could
not with entire accuracy be called lunaoy. The
quiet Of last night and to-day are due to the
fact that Mrs. Jane Lindsay has finished her
bicycle trip. She completed a ride Of eight
hundred miles before daylight yesterday and
went to sleep. but the excitement OF the occa.
sion was perpetuated by the aggregation OF
bicycle enthusiasts. who did not tire OF talking
about the performance.
Mrs. Lindsay. after her ride. was allowed to
eat some chicken and sleep two hours. Then
she took a walk and returned to her room for
another nap. In tho afternoon she slept
heavily until darkness set In. and last night she
remained at the hotel for more sleep. She was
In the same condition ns any other tired per-
son. except that she was unnaturally sprightly.
because she was elated over her performance.
To-day she will doubtless be ready to 60 out on
wheel for a short pleasure ride and enjoy the
same sights over the same course That an-
noyed her when she had to pass them in full
ilment OF her sef-impose task.
Mrs. Lindsay rode 800 miles In 81 hours and
AZ minutes. She performed this feat under
the rules Of the Century Road Club OF America
which prescribes IA hours for one century. 24
hours for two centuries and L. hours additional
for each 100 miles thereafter. SO in order to
c. r. c.. Mrs. Lindsay had to finish within 91
hours. She was many hours ahead OF the limit
and has shown greater test of endurance on
the road than any other woman. The best pre-
vious record wis that Of Miss Jane G.. Yatman
OF New York who on Sept. 30 completed a ride
OF seven continuous centuries in 81 hours and
o minutes.
Mrs Lindsay started from Wythe avenue
and South Eighth street. Brooklyn. at 4 80 A. III.
last Saturday. proceeded to tho official check
ing station at Valley Stream and from there
rode again and again over the triangular
course OF twenty miles that has been surveyed
by the c. r. c. Starting from Vests hotel the
Merrick road is followed seven miles east to
| Freeport. From there the course leads north
TO Hem pstead. about five miles thence six miles
baek to the aerrlck road at Lynbrook. thence
Fosters Meadow and return to the checking
by having their slips stamped at Valley
| Stream and at Hampstead century enthusiasts
| authenticate their record. because Hemrstead
that 1t is as short to go around to Lynhrook az
to retrace the road rldden; and. therefore. II
stead it. is certain that they have covered the
| required distance. which is twenty miles to a
AT present there is no reason to doubt that
Mrs Lindsays record Is authentic and will he
accented: although these long rides by women
| officials OF the G. r.. c.
finish Of Mrs Lindsays 800 miles was similar
TO that Of Miss Yatmap at the end OF her 700.
was a contrast that was interesting and in
| structive Miss Iatman had no one in partic
pS bns for ss as she 'tsr
| say however. was attended by woman who
looked after her needs all through the long
a downpour and was a physical wreck. Mrs. g.
Lin lsay finished 500 miles in drsnching rain
ana az dismounted rational and sound. although
Rain began to fall at Valley Stream at l :05
emptynR OF bucket OF water. and about as
hercely. Every one Of the forty or more heavy
poreh tnday Wn hen 9 to
the twssniy;me ap thai would nhlste her
! descended upon her and her company OF five
when the party was between Hampstead and
! Lynbrook. on which stretch there is place
at TGS ' .oppsd At ocoek
Mrs Lindsay and her eseort reached the hotel.
drink At2:20. the rain began to taIl again
last twenty mile lap thnt lay, between her and
her am bit I Al this time she was a very tired
usual one Of perfect health, but rather the
flush OF fever Her usually full cheeks showed
hollI2ws and her eyeids drooncd heavily but
OF Determination that it had when she began,
supported by the arm Of her husband. Will
my woman" Mrs. Lind.ay., with a rubber
walked to the porch and ont on the muddy
EEo2'd into i the rain, where her wheel was being
slowly placed one leg over, the top bar of the
| diamond frame and fitted her right foot into
% While se b S Of s nT q fSe m
With the, wheel lifted and her left foot on the
sr"und 81" raMsed and e.soysd to sreSreS she
son half awake. was too tired to speak Incl
siyely. She said:
| "Wh-wh- where's Hyds?"
She was iuquirng for one OF her pace
makers Hyde appeared. wearing long rub
":! FIJI f"He up y y""r S Srcss sf fiyde"
ska 0 he. +: S.n M Td Is sc u
the steps and exclaimed:
| Now take her gently. boys,
Lindsay mounted unaidei and disappeared
into the belt OF darkness that made mocke,ries
iHryG"pH xS h,y with ISF % The last lSp wTs
men II: &chwenke. Vigil ant CycI. Club: Frank
During that last rlie over the Shiny road
Cry fell and harGniz e." cot HIs chain 50 cIogGGGd
Sdy ana nd" Without hep ' romns Down from
Hemnstead she ate an ample that one OF her
the hande-bars while she nunched When
the party started away on the last lap there
was much nois" and when they went past Mt
40 toward the. turn NJ Fosters Meadows, half
Il mile below, there was concerted cheering.
but al the finish rherc was @ilencA.
Passing the hotel Mrs Lindsay went TO the
turn and back. riding IN" mile III eight min
utcs. and coming nn to, the hotel she dis
mounted unaided carried her wheel up the
three steps Of the porch. tossed il to Tom
WNst and walked across two rooms to her
apartments in silence, After having bath and
some chicken to eat she said she was as happy
nSRny one could be, She had done what shn set
n In had hpu f,n hn razor pf lac ST
man in every hundred miles and added
another century 10 the club record for women.
She added later that what she had done was Of
as much use as the Yacht races. This was In
Among the pacemak"rs on the lap before
the asst were Ii u. and Mrs. Charles Brush on "A
tandem Mrs Brush, who hopes newt year to
ride ten centuries. agreed with her husband in
the em"athic remark that Mrs Lindsay had a
remarkable constitution and still more, re-
markable recuperntye powers. Frank Albert,
the siN-hay rider who isnow Captain Of the
jackson Wheelmen. said to reporter OF THE
| SUS:
THE woman has been starved. II Ia a shame
the way they fed her In a long ride outdoors
Sho should have had solid BOD and plpnty Oi