The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-06
ENDURANCE OF MOTOR CYCLES
TE<rED m my FR0N B0sT0N
10 NEH iORk.
rr., Of ,,s k,nd tN~r Hold In uh,s , sanir,
shows ina Machine Was ,sn'e
and Tan sta, u~app~uinss Il" ,sn-
,r.tan,s Due uaA ~ To The hospital.

n p.-s.d INTO history last night that on
! July , and S. IsJ,. the motor bicycle : 4 road
| ,rIItlr tat has come and ,an s'ab IT.
.tay.ng q~ua!ttie. wer- amply proven by a run
Of Is. milo. on schedule time from Boston
to New Nork rhITty.ons machines started
- , O'Clock on last friday morning. from
Bos,on. Eighteen reached hartford for a."
! oN,.-rfgtt stop
one v.~sdi~quahnrd for having been ,owcd
Seventeen motor cycles left hartford ~ :
! O'clock Yesterday morning Al - O'Clock
/ lat night thirteen had reported a. the pla'"
! OF Hni-h. IN Wet siiteth street, IA this ,tty
This waS the nf-t endurance contest
for motor cycles held IN this COUNTRY and. -
far a. - known. the first IA the world Dor
Ia wears the motor cycle has been spuJt-fing
! about more or les. hut nostly on tracks a.
a pa,'-mAkIng maChin"
for road work. but u has been a question 80
to how practicable they are tor lons .trip-.
! What l. their endurance. Ar" they. perfected
f.r enough To go a couple OF hundred mites
or more Wtthout brrikins down
Ihesc have been N" pTictI,a! questions
pcfulrNtng a. 80 VINO consider d them Ia"
nr-t endurance contest has proven %that'h"
motor g, cl- l.. nov LAT enough h.Nah 81 IA
mechanical eel cheney to hr worth having
Pour wears ago the nr.t automobile euiut-
au,r 'ont.-, Nas run ~ chicago ~ g. -rty
starters there Wa only. OF" &c Inlh ms
/. a -,i.light On thc arst motot y Gle en-
durnncr run that reveals IN" Nttl" Imitation
automobile. - some ral u. or %g!orih"d
ricy Gle a. otheistetm II a. ihite a NV cheney
The endurance run FROM Boston to New
Nprk was under u" Huspt,"e 81 tHr M'tIol,'"
a., n" the maciin.- INTO three Il ,.-r-. a.
rord.ng 20 horse pyNer \ u and I low
medium and .,sn ,"d 10 aTJAMf' iST N mum TSIu
and MAXIMUM tim" u ms : m"k' between
,oL'tol,
starting had 20 be- figured IN. tot ~" machine
were .tar'"d IN pair a miuut" apart mere
with cuuIul.oty stop tor all ui 'ot'N-hN,'
minutes tor dinner zach DAY ana 4 "oinIuI-
,ory top over night one hundred ro,rts
ahead or blind schedul~ points wctr
deducted perfect -cor" meant i.S"
The club expected to give only on" gold
medal Tor a perfect scCtr II viii prohsniN
have To give either Fight or Mn" Va
.l"Ss IN" roa,e and 4 Ba,,. rrcsid"H'
II the club n ting - %rsf"r"". sth WI u
ri,man. assistant Ieirr". ,mmrca ,J.'n
other 'o ,h",k the Uh""ker-
az the thirteen who failed to reach Hatt
stop Tor Friday II Warren wa reached u
most ras.- Il vac the men Isther 'Nnn ~"
ma. hinc, that hroSc down They nt u w
1her. vrt. many accidents u rtin"d "a
r.eht Thur-dly at Bottom and ~" trst niN
II frtncd 40 night again on FRIDAY and ,e-'"r,
itv morning there va nor" rIud n 80
through n rtlied nl uisht again or 7 fNlaN
afternoon from I q loDS on. rf-t striklhs IN"
men II stamford
There N,r" few b~reakduwns - ma, hi'"-.
h,t there were few mon Who did not hEN"
many falls Twelve wil"- Out ~ WORCESTER
on Frtas. + l. E"rgu~uts 80 thi- CIV -irn,H
a ri' ~ thrown and wss unconscious inIty
rinu,e- Ge.rg- Hend"r ~ Springfield, Mas
VIII finished '@vcuth had Ai'"rh ,s.-
mad a 'sf ~ Nov Britain and Md T." h" taken
- a hospital 'h"r"
A., Nau,A-.I = this ,i'v could no' mn q
piece & road good 'rDH - - ride on or rlnhN
night 40 b." walked FROM ~gri' c'"ld - hsf'
f,ri arriving - N" latter 't'' ~ .. - ihl-
r]r.rr|rg .Nla ted several - ~" ti'f'
biIs So 'h.y hired men 80 push 'h"m up.
"A seaman ~ Nirsuls. I travelled
eighty ono mile. yesterday with q broken
crank
there vas no prohibition against MAKING
nm tnr hy cofrg twenty Wll-s ~ hour. hH'
ont Of rs-pe,t to a." law the Gun arr ths'l
IL schedule on q basis Of a Ni""-Sri.".hh-
hour aN.rag" Most ~ the gont's'atts aiInN
that - 'lm-- they rode At the rat" "' ihf'N
miles tu hour
VI Uallv of Bradford Pa who Va -"
I Ar, one IN. ,pufe-sei to having al three
quartrr~ Of an hour ~ n" park. h'ioF" f"-
porting lu order not to TO nh"i Tor brlts
: ahead Of tim"
/ In The -uh |uiued table the tim scheduled
| Tor ,.,h man - that fixed a. -" latest iiu"
/ a. winch he could lrrlv" and h"Nr q clean
score but ritrer Ul'It'- l""Wu' "t 'a'I
side Vl- allowed for miscs!,ula'ou Il speed
and time