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Show A Bltycllirj real. London, Xov. 3. The bicyclists in Kogland are just now shotting all the honor in their power to the stalwart young Russian who has ridden on his wheel the two thousand thou-sand odd miles which divide St. Petersburg from London In a few hours under thirty-two days. This Is an average of about seventy miles a day. Considering that the bl-cycIM bl-cycIM had to stop twice for banquets en route, once in Russia and once In France, it shows remarkable traveling. The young man's name li Lieutenant Lieu-tenant George Martos, 23 years old. an officer In the Imperial Russian artillery. Ho is of somewhat slender slen-der build, tipping the scales at 1-10 pounds. Nevertheless his long jo-irney across Europe in so short a p;cu of time indicates a remarkable di'gree of physical power. The machine un which he made the journey is an old-fashioned roadster, weighing about bO pounds. A member of any of the crack American Ameri-can bicycle clubs would be ashamed to be seen on the streets with It. |