Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1895 — A 20,000 MILE RACE. [ARTICLE]

A 20,000 MILE RACE.

Warsaw, Ind., Cyclist Will Endeavor to Ride That Distance. A wager has just been made which is bound to attract wide attention, especially among bicyclists and all lovers of sport. Tom W. Winder, of Warsaw, Ind., editor of the Wasp, and a bicycle enthusiast, will, to decide the bet and’“ektibiisli a record,’’ endeavor to make a trip along the coast and border-line of the United States; estimated—via circuitous country roads —at 21,600 miles, in 300 consecutive days, or a daily average of seventy-two Hides, crossing thirty-three States'. and Territories, 220 counties, visiting 2,984 cities, towns and villages,, and registering at seventy-six points enroute. The start will be made from New Orleans on Feb. 4, 1895, going west, so that the entire trip can be made in warm weather, enabling him to cross the great plains of the Northwest during the early summer, the most favorable time of ail the year.