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BASSETT'S SCRAP BOOK
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missed a W. A, T. H., and the only one of the orig- inals on the trip, rode in an automobile. It was a heart-breaking experience for him, but a lame foot dictated his course. It was the first and only time that he has had to humiliate himself in this way.

The participants of the run were: On bicycles: — Capt. W. G. Kendall, J. B. Kelley, E. F. Kelley, Au- gustus Nickerson, H. A. Libby, W. J. Smith, C. G. Copeland, Fred J. Stark, J. Rush Green, J. W. Swan, Theo. Rothe, Quincy Kilby, E. H. Norris, C. C. Ryder, Thos. H. Hall, W. H. Edmands, Geo. B. Young, all of Boston. Marriott C. Morris, Philadel- phia; Geo. L. Cooke, Providence; Will R. Pitman, New York City. In automobiles: — Elliot C. Lee, F. W. Weston, W. B. Everett, W. W. Stall, Abbot Bassett, E. S. Hem- menway, H. M. Butler, Josiah Hathaway, F. E. Parker, J. J. Fecitt, Robt. M. Everett, Dr. J. B. Thornton, J. A. Hendrie, Geo. F. Steele, F. W. Wilde, all of Boston. C J. Obermayer, W. M. Meserole, M. M. Belding, Jr., F. G. Lee, J. C. Howard, F. W. Brooks, N. S. Cobleigh, Geo. B. Woodward, all of New York. W. A. Howell, Con- necticut; W. D. Peck, Rhode Island; Mr. Murray, New Orleans; E. G. Whitney, New Hampshire; F. M. Gardner, Sharon. There is so much in these things that cannot be written down that we despair telling the tale. The trip is a great big aggregation of pleasant experi- ences. Can one say more? The pleasure of these runs has never been marred by an accident. With so many wheels and so many autos this seems remark-