Descrizione: Clarence M. Darling e Claude C. Murphey partirono dall'Hotel Otsego di Jackson il 2 maggio 1904. 13'407 miglia e un anno e tre mesi dopo, fecero ritorno nella cittadina del Michigan dopo aver percorso il giro degli Stati Uniti a seguito di una scommessa. Persero la scommessa nel Vermont, dove non riuscirono a rispettare le clausule "finanziarie" della scommessa: "The conditions were that they were to start on this long journey penniless, while on the trip they were neither to beg, work, borrow, nor steal, all the expenses of the tour to be met by the profits resulting from the sale of an aluminum card-receiver or ash-tray"
Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Murphey C., Around the United States by bicycle, Detroit, Press of Raynor & Taylor, 1906.
Clarence M. Darling and Claude C. Murphey, age 19 and 20 respectively, left Jackson, Michigan, on May 2, 1904, to make a trip by bicycle through every state and territory within the boundary lines of the United States proper, namely, fortv-five states, four territories, and the District of Columbia. The trip was the result of a wager. Upon the success of the tour a purse of five thousand dollars would be won by the two contestants providing that they lived up to all the terms and stipulations of the wager. The conditions were that they were to start on this long journey penniless, while on the trip they were neither to beg, work, borrow, nor steal, all the expenses of the tour to be met by the profits resulting from the sale of an aluminum card-receiver or ash-tray, a fac-simile of which is given on one of the following pages.
Murphey, Claude Charles. Around the United States by Bicycle. Detroit: Press of Raynor & Taylor, 1906.
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