The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-08

have more than So In ne possession
a. . time 80 Hassler Kept cut the
SIS. sent the rest home and. with VS.
ions q liberal audience In pensacoia.
pedailed here aa r against time.
he cut ma stops a. Montgomery
and Mobile. even rIdinE ct night part
uf the way.
Result harfui % ortiraisra. breast
full 20 hore. a head nned with prayers
against q runrtura 90 breakdown be-
tween here and Jacksonville and peck
stH heavy with see
COULD GIT MORE.
u isn't that Hasaier couldn't get
more He could probably 20 out ~
here uith 90 or tta Tor that r,attsr
There are some sports tn Pensacola
But-the rules say that q rider can
neither beE. accept money a. borrow
Sometimes a hotelkeeSer o. roatau-
raut man VIII not accept anything for
q neal a. bea but HaSslsr awaits
the invitation.
There e one ruiz u Il imBos~ihls %
obey. he SAYS
WIN me NANHFN MAATANA ANH NMNN
were told that they were sxpscted 60
maintain = vegetarian diet
HnEHier SAYS he has tried 20 40 that
but IA a. impossible "sometimea I SET
into little hurg and the whole popu-
lace crowds 'round- he SAID. Tire
man that keeps TIE village restaurant
invites We ~ come up and eat hssf-
steak o. some ham and eEEs Or . half
chicken. he also tells ne he won't
take a cent Tor n and he'll hs Ereaty
offended II I don't go
"Now ! can't tell him that only
want some aaparagus tips on toast
potatoes, spinach, a hit Of garlic. corr
frittsra and . piece q rhuhArh pie
Hoo think I was crank or els,
ho wouldn't have q vegetable n a.,
house and couldn't send out and Sc
any"
RIDING SINCE APRIL.
~ was April 40 that the bunch start.
"a on its long drin The riders Htuci
together pretty well FOR a few day.
but then TIRE grind hcgan % tell ant
haaslsr left them. lie made i.e milel
CIe day riding the distance hetweer
HhrrisburE. Pa. and Roanoke. Va.
When he Ent back % Newark on thi
S'indup ~ the fret los be- was vel
ahosd That was October an.
Instead ~ taking a long rest Their,
he decided 20 keep going and take .
easy a. Ions ar reports which reacl
him occasionally show that his LEAD 4
not seriously endangered. 80, while
the rest 81 the riders ara pluEminl
along az their best he im taking ~.
time in a sense and storing up rosorys
force a. he Eoes.
lie 10 about feet 10 IL inches TAI
and finely rroportioned. TO look al
him none would think be 10 completing
the next-to-iaat log ~ the great race
It's muscles are IKE iron and the only
thing that would give u an attempt b.
made 20 use those 81 hiH leEn e. PIN
cushions would be the pin.
To look at he clothes. however. q
might be assumed that he has ridder
more than hts ten thousand miles 90.
ready He is not allowed underwear
aud the only protection against a.,
weather besides his khaki trousers ant
low-rut blue sweater IL q light rain
coat that ho uses when be has %. Buf
hs doesn't Eet cold for the simple rea.
son that a man can ride harder be
tween towns when n Ia snappy anl
can always End = IRE for a brief Fest
He must stop a. each postofice 81
station On route when doing day-rid
ina and set the signature % the on'
[ in charge together with the poEtoficl
stamp of saeket stamp % the once a
night ~ iH permitted 20 ride withou
doing that. but be always Ends a night
uatchman or policeman n possible an
gets him 20 nign hla book now tori
and worn and which carries thousand
o. signatures and many newspape
| clippings
HaEaler ~ not tho greatest short
l distance rider a. this country even
There are one or two who beat him Il
I the mile az the famous veiedrome wheI
/ he rides there. But when q comes q
/ distance be seems % have the ~IndinI
/ sign" on them ar
/ lie hasn't bis eye hKed on either IN
/ four years scholarship 10 Yale whici
I "a the first prise GA this race. or %
the So 900 second prize or on the huR'
/ silver trophy cup th-t win 50 20 m
third man lie won't even say be en-
pets 90 win either % them.
But he has only Co ride from hers
20 New YORK 90 complete the race and
the other I've are probably nou
/ strung out along tho roads in South.
srn South Carolina.
They NAV reach here some time mex