The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-14
To ANOKA AND BACK
HAD A ROUGH TRIP, YES
TERDAY
HANSEN CUT OUT FAST PACE
Accidents Were Thick and Two Of
the Party Returned by Train
There Were Several
Shake-Ups.

Twenty fast bicycle riders Of Mime
apolis, led by A A. Hansen on his MOTOR
cycle, made the trip to Anoka Yesterday
| under unfavorable conditions. Upon re-
turning to the Flour City Cyclists club
house late in the afternoon they had all
kinds of hard luck stories to telI-strone
wind, sand drifts on the path, broken
rims and forks and tumbles innumerable
The party left at IL o'clock in the morn
ing, and all was smooth sailing until well
outside the city. The first unusual oh
| stacle that was encountered was a horse.
The horse was hitcned to a buggy and
had position where it could see the ap-
preaching riders. The chuckety-chuck
chuck OF the motor cycle was some
thlhg new to 1t, and the animal became
nervous and backed down a hill. But
the horse wanted to know, and as the
party passed it raised up on it's hind legs
tc get a better look. This struck OIesky
as being funny, and ne laughed so hard
that he fell off his wnl e. and a few others
toppled with him
From that point all continued well until
within a mile of Osseo. Hansen's mo-
tor was going at a fifteen-mile clip. and
1t was not until he was fairly in il that
he noticed heavy sand drift He gave
the warning cry of sand too late
What followed would nave made a good
study for Palmer Cox. A snapshot at
the proper second would have shown half
dozen human beings flying through the
air, while many more would be seen
rolling into the sand pile at the side
of the path. Through the cloud of dust
and steam Hansen grinned fiendishly at
the wreckage before him. There were a
few handle bars to straighten out, some
Tit.fx win
proceeded
Tandem Team Ambitious.
After passing through Osseo Theodore
Clements and Frank j. BurtScner, on a
tandem, made up their minds to west
the leadership of the party from Hansen.
They made one good try, but after COW
ering d mile in less than two minutes
fell back to the rear to take a much
needed rest. A short distance from Ano-
ka the same tandem team took a bad
tumble, and Burtschers face was badly
scratched. The front fork of the whe Ell
was broken
Several minor accidents happened dur
ing tho trip, and after reaching Anoka
the party hunted up repair shop and,
finding it open, assumed temporary own
erShip. Punctures were repaired, forks
Strengthened out and brazed and broken
spOkes replaced Later the party le-
paired to a hotel for dinner.
The trip back to the club house was
made with a side wind in a few minutes
over an hour. The party came in on the
inStallment plan as all were not equal
to the pace set by the motor. Clements
and Burtscher met with another accident
on the return and came in by train
during the evening from Osseo.
The following made the run: A. A.
Hansen C. D. Barnum, Mr.. Holman on
motors c. j. Johnson, c. j. Tyren, Louis
Niederhofer, N. G. Hopper, F. J. Burt
scner, Theodore Clements, Harold Kelby
Victor Peterson, A H. Anderson, Z. Ole
sky, c. r. Weldon, w. l.. McMullen, c.
v Bergeson, Tom Hockey, Carl Johnson,
Fred Corrie, c. Gilman, sixty years old,
also made the trip.