| Show ACROSS THE CONTINENT ON A BICYCLE MR SPIERS HAZARDOUS a recent number of outing appeared a line stating that mr G a S spier had bad started ai aiom ODA new ew york on june for san francisco on a bicycle about three days ago mr T angell anell 11 oi of the salt lake bicycle club sent 1 in 11 a postal card stating that he had met mr air spier at ashley over miles east of here coming west yesterday at 10 am he be reached the alley house in this sity ity where ne lie wit was S subsequently found by your reporter mr spier is 21 years ot of age of me u gium size with round face dark eyes a and nd light colored mustache elie uis suit ismark is dark corduroy apat ignee atnee breeches and dark blue stockings with substantial laced shoes and his bis head is surmounted by a large light colored sombrero HIS BAGGAGE consists of a short coat that was ori originally 9 brown in color a small skull cap an extra shirt and pair of socks he also carries two revolvers a smith wesson and au an english bulldog he rides a 52 62 in full expert columbia pattern of 1186 presented him by the pope company t to 0 whom be sends a postal card ever every y I 1 evening if possible the machine is in excellent condition and does not seem to have had many headers mr spier gets the post mast r each ol 01 office T lee he be pa passes bes koput to put his officio stamp on his journal with the date his arrival as proof of his passage the gentleman states hat he be lett t the he state capital alban new york june 1886 with the object of making a record across the continent that would be hard to beit beat for the distance traveled nis HIS ROUTE so far has been through buffalo cleveland chicago omaha denver leadville aspen Gi enwood leaking Me aking ashley white 1 tock reber heber city and from there to this city the detour through leadville took him some miles out of his way over a pass feet high and through a wilderness of woods and mountains much of 01 which was impassible for a bicycle rider but which he pushed through in one instance being several days alone subsisting on dry bread and mudd muddy az water washed down by the rains and sleeping wherever night found him on oil mother earth mr spier states slates that he has ridden about three fourths of the distance nearly miles in all and that reasonably fair roads he can reach san francisco in 20 days where he Is booked to enter upon a 24 21 days race oi 12 hours a day against mr do beof san francisco for and ride of miles against time for a larger sum suin his lon longest lonest est straightaway litaway ride without rest resi during the journey was miles in 12 hours from erie brie to cleveland and his swiftest one from silver creeks creek NY to erie pa fa in four hours mr spier has had many interesting episodes on the way which lack of space forbids recounting lie he leaves the city tomorrow to morrow morning tor for san francisco via ogden when it is expected that members ot of the sait lake bicycle club will accompany him some distance on his bis road |
