Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-24

w. III. Anderson. James Tarptr u ,
Magic and Frank Cody Io,i g.. ~ I'
enth division Of club member sgF-
the eighth. marked by futterinl "r'i
nadBes' Followed IN the train al o.n
irmkle, ~ 8. Root. j. y. Collpgt,.s
anu MACK heiFel Charles Earle tsi ~,
ninth division. assisted bv - lne
Ilquea, j. II. Jennings and 4 n vtt,'
While the tenth and last was ieJ b,' ~
n, Sheud' y. sutcllffe II. Mcp.n,ff
ara j. u. Post. u tho ~ Y. A d, 'A
rue last Of the divisions had y,,,..
Iaptaln Stauhach alone was ieft. Tbt.,
hours had II taken to got theu a,l..i
yet he was IN no Wise dnurfe1 """1'
cried. '''"' "ili' no
y Hash Of wheels. a glimpse OF him.
streak, and he was away. "'
'ehsller the route they ran. t,r,,,
n..IoId tountain the road ran aart'
ward TO concy Island. then bach .g.i.
20 Prospect Park From tho p..t
mere beginning course iHv ,,,.,. i,
jamaica, hy way Of the Aferrirf ~. a.
men round about to Ivnbro1t -,
nneocknway Beach In time Tor urebs,,
lhgh came the honcwnrd ewing rr..'
Springfield, Queens and Jamaica ''
Follow them. Tor Instance. EIriy.o,..
minutes nitcr the start the nm az
vision nnhhed Into Bath Rpacb h.n
outward on their way. The rank 49,
even the atrHgglers mono. In d aIIaff
~. 'sslon lhgy swept through tb,
Town. and nt q. n. Coney s4w, az,
View. Here the Iournars ot,irti',,
gave out the tally checks. and u,,
ilutta took up the journey TO Jnn1rir,
A. e'al q no., four minutes ahr4d ~
me schedule, the veteran Tom WerI
ni9usht them streaming in. ana III
Hiaf a. M, six minutes ahead a.,
speeding wheels nled through mo mai,
road OF Lynbrook.
A. smooth as any wheel tho ride v,.
running. SO fnr none had fallen bv tL.
Waysidc, and men ana women niil,
We're tny ana content, ready Tor a
brush with the best. aud puahir. hal
at the paccmakcrH' heels.
Easy. Isn't ltf' cried Gus EFlon.
hero " ton centuries Ia los hours.
Further on the pare grow too warm
Tor some NJ the women, ana they began
dropping ont ~ the run. But they were
Few, ana Htill cheerful for they rpurrs1
On the others az they turned nsd,
from the run
Then to Rockaway Beach came tho
riders.
You're ten minutes aheadl" yelled
The crowd. Murray
captain stnubuch, paced By the ny
iur Dutch triplct had come In half an
hour before.
Then came the second division.
nuHhed but triumphant
We've h1d am adventure" cried tho
ladies'
Aud ~ they had Half way down d.,
jamaica road q farm wagon appeared.
please turn out VIII yOu9" asked
The leaders Iu answer the drunken
driver Hlushnd thcn across the Coco
with hi whip. Then. lashluE up ult
horses. be drove hDltor-Hkeltor through
the procession upaotunF cyolns Urht
ga fr.HH NfIWNHUNH the HHE|HN..
saw him coming. aud ABANDONING ha
wheel lpnuri be over the tNlhuIl. For
uu instant there was u brisk nrht then
fna driver was ovcrpowercd and turned
over Co the police.
Hundreds ~ watchers were waiting
10 the Atlas Hotel as the ridora came
in Each division WIS rh0erDl i1 iH'
echo. but the crowd outdid ltavf 100 enc
fhuniaam when AN automobile, driven
hy y j Fisher ana Inventor l'flr',
ruured In ne pace close upon tW'nty
miles an hour.
a. Uocinwnv dinner came. with
rrst ~ one hour and forty minute
Then onward went the wheels, mo
last division leaving Rncknwny ~ 10.
The only serious accident or inc lnF
occurred near Prospect Park. Dr. Her
man Jardemhnl and hla wife. nn
t.ndofn rniidrd with another tandem
and had az ugly spill. The doctor
finger was raurht in the rpruckrt aud
nrurlv nmpututcd. lie became uugo's
aeipuH. and was taken to the BROOK.
ivn hospital. whore he was treated ahi
sent home
Fuliy 5000 persons witnessed The
finish ~ the various divisions at Bod
FORD Rest Captain Stauhach ANA his
.ntlre rnrpn ~ couriers were the 0fHt
fo arrive. They hnd got n frirhitul
once during the las' part ~ tho run.
rho elaveyt. ty,t's a'rrfnh between Rock
.
ly,rnty,Savcn ninItrs Thcy finished
nt o o'clock Twenty minutes later the
Irat division arrived. only two orr
fhrss riders were missing out ut %"
ono hundred starters. The other il-
visions followed In rapld succession
Oh every side could be heard the
most hearty praise Tor the way the run
,,ns manuroI and the journal rrpu.
spntntivoa were begged by dozen Nni-
Grams tn promote another, "Hlppy
DAYS" pittman and Happy Nlghw.
rraukcnthhl were 80 Joyous lhoy coull
scarcely sneak GREAT Gtnlt
Grcat'' they murmurcd In an conthcy
Of delight ,
Rofsle Wood. frall young thing ~
unHlo Wood. frnll young thing NJ
eleven summers She finished with
her father among tho leaders N mo
nfth division. She showed no Distress
and her only comment was thnt th'
pace might have vocn fastcr."
VIII. Robbins, tho huglcr of tho MINI
division. has an entirely different opin-
ion Of tho pace. After tho FIRST ten
miles he felt tired. and was among the
missing before thirty miles had been
covered.
W. OBriCn. Of the sixth division. was
found Unconscious short distance
from RnckRwny, He WINS carried 10
thc Atlas hotel and doctor was SUM
moncd. who pronounced Il n case OF
exhaustion.
Never In the history NJ century runs
was there a more nearly ideal day Tor
the sport Even Bill Mnlberg. the
corpulent cycllat known na tho Mayor
~ Flfty-ninth street. finished the run.
and In good shape. too. by accom-
plishing this feat he won valuable
wheel. While there was plenty NJ
dust none OF the riders suffered from
heat.
NOTES ron HAsEnALL TANs.