Show THE GREAT RELAY BICYCLE RACE from front chicago to new coric in in one hundred hours A all 11 over the country great interest has been aroused arnoni among military men iiren roads roa 19 improvement agitators and riders of the bicycle in the great relay bicycle race between chicago and new york which will ba begin n may is 18 and end may 23 22 military men are interested because the event will do much to demonstrate tb the practical valno value of the bicycle for use in war time roads improve m c e n t agitators think the thera race cewill will call attention to the bad highways of the country and help to bring about needed reform P and wheel men are talking MILES about the great contest for obvious reasons the noted indian fighter general nelson amiles A miles bastA haa taken klen the matter and the message that wit will be borne bartway partway part way across acra z the continent bears his sig nature nearly bi cyclists among them the sw efte st and hardiest handiest har diest in america will participate in the run and it Is expected that hours from the time arthur lumsden leases leaves chicago riding the first relay an other well known chicago wheelman N 11 II van will finish tile last twenty five mile relay into new york city As the distance is very nearly 1000 miles the average speed of the IW riders will be about ten tell miles an hour the whole ride will be over ordinary y wagon roads and each of the wheelman wheelmen elmen will cover anywhere from beven seven to twenty five miles the route and arid distance out at each place follow chicago to goshen ind miles goshen to toledo miles toledo to cleveland milea miles cleveland to conneaut Conne nut aut 0 miles C con on to northeast pa miles north cast enst to rochester N Y miles koch 1 si otta or OF RACE ester to Syracuse miles syracuse to TW 74 miles urica to albany miles and albany to new york city miles tile message from general mile miles will be carried in it pouch and at new york it will be delivered to major general 0 0 howard oct 31 1801 a relay bicycle race was ron run from front hartford to new york city 12 miles in ab tan there were only eleven relays but as in in the coming race two men rode over each bention of the course to gether to insure the progress of the mes sago sage against acci accident deriL some of the riders made nearly twenty tw anty miles an hour EARLE 11 II EATON |