Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1894 — A Big Ride. [ARTICLE]

A Big Ride.

Messrs. Allen and Sachtleben, the two young American students who made a bicycle tour around the world, will begin the story of their wanderings in the May number of The Century. The)’ describe the most intereating portion of their journey, from the Bosporus across Asia to Peking. Their strange mode of locomotion awoke the superstition of the natives of Asiatic but their coolness and diplomacy carried them safely through every predicament. The pictures, which show many novel and interesting scenes, are from reproductions of photographs taken by the authors. An Ovid, Mich., clergman who wanted exercise learned to ride a bicycle. A few nights ago the silent steed ran into a live-bulldog. There was less clergyman and less coattail after the bulldog had had his innings. “Marco” is the name of Queen Victoria’s favorite dog. His ancestry, it is said, can be traced back to the Crusaders. He is what is called in England a “Pomeranian.” The other two favorites are “Roy,” a collie, and “Spot,” a fox terrier.