Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-22
MESSAGE TEN HOURS
LATE IN NEBRASKA
Ciatflin and Zimmerman, Baker and
mecarty Are Relay Riders
In and Out of EIko

OMAHA, Nebraska, July Pc. G..
Baker, Elko, Nevada. Message left
Columbus. Nebraska. four-thirty this
A. NJ. ten hours late
OMAHA BICYCLE co.
This is the message that was wait
ing Mr.. Baker when he arose this
morning. Columbus is 100 miles west
of Omaha. The message left Chicago
twelve hours late. Therefore it had
made up two hours in crossing Illinois
and Iowa.
Everybody was on the alert, this
morning around the Mayer hotel and
the SimCoX garage where the relay
riders are making headquarters Mr..
Baker when seen by representative
of the Independent was busy putting
in new inner tube in his tire and
was enthusiastic for the coming ride
out of Elko to Fernley.
But Baker will not stop at Fernley.
He intends to ride on into Reno. "Af-
ter 3OI miles of rough stuff from FL
ko to Fernley, If that Reno guy thinks
he can come out and ride in 80 miles
from Fernley to Reno on a boulevard
and cop off all the honors he has an
other guess coming" said Baker. II
wanted him TO come out and take part
of the desert but he wouldn't do it.
After | reach Wadsworth there will be
nothing to it. He will never catch
sight of me till reach Reno"
Then Baker described his ride over
the road from Fernley to Elko to test
ii out. The elapsed time for the 3O7
miles was IA hours, 10 minutes. The
actual running time was IL hours. 80
minutes.
Oh course Baker expects to cut down
this time by an hour or two on the
return trip. This was his first time
over the road.
He found part of the road pretty
rough. Along by Battle Mountain for
2S miles he rode the railroad track.
The wagon road was dusty and full of
chuck holes.
Baker said that from the White
House ranch to Elko the road for fifty
miles was fine.
Baker last year in the relay race
from El Paso to Phoenix made 2GS
miles in one minute less than cigh:
hours. He may not be able to equal
this record through Nevada bur he
Will come close to IL. On the Arizona
run lie reached an altitude of $500
feet at Bisbee and had 40 miles of
sand.
Baker halls from Indianapolis and
for nine years has been making record
runs. He Is ~ years old and weighs
$50 pounds. He ha. every appea .ance
of the athlete.
Bakers companion on the run into
Reno is Lee McCarty of Sacramento.
McCarty arrived last night by train.
McCarty is 26 years old and weighs
1875 pounds. He has been riding eight
years.
Tho men who will make TIE run
from Cobre into Elko are Lon Clafrln
and Clifford Zimmerman. They arrIv.
ed by train from Salt Lake, their
home, this morning. They viii go
back over the line on their motor.
cycles today and spy out the road.
The distance from Cobre TO Elko is
90 miles. The message js due r., 60.
bre at o'clock tomorrow morning.
But II is thought 1t will again lore
time through Wyoming. But even il
the scheduled rate is maintained and
no time is made up the message will
arrive in Elko about 10 o'clocl; Friday
might.
Lon Clafflin is the agent Of the In
dian at Salt Lake. He is 35 and has
been riding ten years. Zimmerman is
young fellow, only % and has been
riding three years.
From Elko to Lovelock, 221 miles.
there is. drop in altitude of abon.
300 feet. There are some excellent
stretches of road down the Humboldt
and on these pieces the boys wlD make
record runs.
IL seems both sets of relays In and
out OF Elko are due for night run.
The only luggage the boys take with
them is canteen of water. They vii!
take chances on getting something 10
eat along the way. But their stops
will be short.
All four motorcycles In and otlt of
Blko are the Indian type.