Show TWO BICYCLE who are coine around the world on wager sigmund bachmann and frank E are two austrian bicycle tourists who are in the city on their way around the alobe on september 17 1896 backmann who ia a viennese Vien nesa cyclist and reporter 1 on the a cycling journal left 1 vienna on a wager that he could not ride around be world in two years starting without any money he took with him a friend named julius brand who was included in a wager for gullens guldens gul dens or but the friend disappeared in new york where be hod gone ahead of bachmann the men went from vienna to london by way ot berlin hamburg brussels paris in london bachmann broke hie lg and was there delayed for some ime backmann after reaching rea chine new york traveled westward by way 0 albany buffalo cleveland toledo and chicago where he picked up from chicago they have come by the way of des moines amaba and denver from salt like route will be via this city to baa francisco to sidney aus melbourne adelade Tong kocg Rao Eoon calcutta bombay aden alexandria palestine asia minor constantinople borne and through the ori ginal route by lan cf wae scheduled at miles bul 2000 additional miles will have before their journey the the wager are such that no begging can ne done although eitts may be received and when the riders made their start they were to have no money the travelers tra velere have booke iti which noted people are requested to their agnies thirteen thousand mites have dpn I 1 rone over up to this time toor certain that the wae J boj doj won backmann hai 12 cycle badges with hp by officers ol 01 different chube lil WAA A |