The Wheel and cycling trade review . 4° November 6,. From one point of view the record or storyof a relay race is of more than passing im-portance. The route followed is alwayscarefully mapped out months ahead, and itis fair to assume, therefore,, that not onlythe most direct but also the hest roads arechosen. The transcontinental relay of the presentyear affords a fair instance. Full accountswere made public by the managers of theenterprises; and while most of it is donewith an eye to advertising, it is not to bedenied that the reports were of value to thegeneral public, particularly those in
The Wheel and cycling trade review . 4° November 6,. From one point of view the record or storyof a relay race is of more than passing im-portance. The route followed is alwayscarefully mapped out months ahead, and itis fair to assume, therefore,, that not onlythe most direct but also the hest roads arechosen. The transcontinental relay of the presentyear affords a fair instance. Full accountswere made public by the managers of theenterprises; and while most of it is donewith an eye to advertising, it is not to bedenied that the reports were of value to thegeneral public, particularly those interestedin road reform. No mode of travel couldpossibly bring the subject of road facilitiesso strongly before the mind as these en-thusiasm-stirring races, the hourly bulletinsof which are eagerly scanned by thousandsin hundreds of cities, towns and rider;: progress is chronicled with al-
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