Show B DARING Rode Over Ocr a 11 Viaduct Feet HIgh onIt on It Coping Henry W Wesson arid and Hart two New York tourists hold the record for riding the tUe Erie at Lanes Lanesboro boro bora It wu was tile the result ot of a wager The viaduct Is over R a Quarter of at a mile In length and stands feet teet from the ground around It Is used by the Erie and Is not desIgned for tor passengers A strong coping 12 Inoh inches wide runs along the outer edge Oge unguarded by rail or any anything thin thing else Within the past two years many persons have fallen from the th striking the rocks below Wesson and Hart were making n a hi bl cycle trIp from Buffalo to their homes homel In New York and when Lanesboro was reached hart lIart dared to tide the Structure supposing they could go be between between tween th the railS When It was wa found that the outside coping was the onlY place ho he tried to back out but Wesson laughed at him and wag wagered ered 5 that he dared riot not ride It Thereupon he started across on his wheel Woo Wesson following Down In the valley a breathless crowd watched the exploIt for the would have hac dashed both to their or an trIn would ouid have hae s them off orr They arrived at the other side both In a cold sweat and bad badly ly Iy scared They declared that alt all the tho gold old In the country could not Induce thorn them to repent repeat the performance New York Sun |