Show fAMOUS OLD OD BI BIKE RIDER TOM T. T ROE RO IS IN SALT LAKE A Rode High Wheeled Bicycle From Frisco to Chicago I in fl 1889 Tom Torn T T. Roe floe at ono one time on ono one of ot th the tho most roost widely famed fame bicycle riders In America an and 1 tho the same samo Tom Torn Roe who rode a wheeled high bicycle from San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco to Chicago In 1889 Is In tho the city Tom Is pretty well along alon In years now and perhaps too old to ever attempt another another another an an- other such ride but ho Is not too 01 old 1 to drive an nn automobile and bo ho Is now now fol following rol- rol lowing lowing- tho the latter business being hero here as asan asan asan an expert machinist for tho the Studebaker company compan Roes Roe's feat at t riding from San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco to Chicago in was s-as considered a n most remarkable one ono and even today there would bo be few raw pedal pushers who would want ant to attempt such a trip on onono onono ono one of ot those old fashioned hl wheeled high I I fc y i. i b TOM T. T ROE affairs which have havo since been supplanted by the safety Rocs floes name namo at the tho time went all over the tho country and tho the newspapers made mado a bigger fuss over him than they do over James Jeffries toda today Roc hoc took the tho wheeling in 1880 when hen tho the first Ii hl wheeled h led bicycles came camo upon I tho the market For a number of or years he I Iwas was also ulso a star K lo player Later on he changed from tho the lever to tire the crank motion an and 1 In 1880 ISSO mado made hH fa famous amous a- a run for tho the Chicago o Herald leaving leav lea In lug ing San Francisco S September 21 21 1 und amid arriving in Chicago o December 2 2 This was a most remarkable ride considering con con- tire the time of or the tire year and 1 the difficulties he lie had harl to contend with Ith Tho The took the route to along tho the then neatly constructed Atchison Topeka L k Santa Fo Fe railroad ho lie followed tho the tracks over tics ties and then along the tho side of tho time track Ho HoI took many headers and traveled for fOI sixty sixty- nine lays days with a badly sprained ankle I In addition to tn this tins ho al also alo o ran Into many snow nn and 1 rain rilin torms nn and 1 his lila trip all told was S anything but a n pleasure trip For vor a time hoe Roo was a member of oC tho old otI Chlea Chicago o bicycle firm of or House o Roe which handled l the lire 01 old 1 Star bicycle DurIng During Dur Dur- ing Inh tho past s si 11 years ears ho he has hns been boen In tho the automobile business in iii various capacities I Studebaker I Ho lIe drove thin pilot car In the tho I auto train from Chicago to Denver on tho tim occasion of or tho Democratic convention conven conven- thou tion last lat summer carrying tho the Illinois delegates delegate HI His hiM last bicycle road racing was as done dono In Juno Tuno of 01 1893 1853 when ho met F Frank ank Waller Tho Flying Dutchman lh Th a a. arace araco raco race from roar Now York to Chicago Roe Roo defeated 1 Wailer Waller by eight hours and rode rodo tho time last stretch from Cleveland 1 to Chicago Chi cago with scarcely any rest In 1892 ho he c conceived d and ami managed the big bg bicycle relay run from Chicago to New cw York when a n relay rela of or riders carried a message from General Miles to General Howard on schedule timo floe Roo will spend some time hero In tho the Interest of at his company and will bo be temporarily tern ten engaged at th th branch office in n this lila city |