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- Button Promoting the Journal Examiner Trans-Continental Relay, 1896 - In 1896, promoters for the <em>San Francisco Examiner</em> and <em>New York Journal</em> newspapers sponsored a bicycle relay between the two cities. The event had different cyclists traveling over different segments of the route in sequence, moving from west to east. It took just over 13 days to finish the transcontinental relay. "Yellow Fellow" referred to the <em>Journal</em>'s popular <em>Yellow Kid</em> comic strip.
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Button Promoting the Journal Examiner Trans-Continental Relay, 1896
In 1896, promoters for the San Francisco Examiner and New York Journal newspapers sponsored a bicycle relay between the two cities. The event had different cyclists traveling over different segments of the route in sequence, moving from west to east. It took just over 13 days to finish the transcontinental relay. "Yellow Fellow" referred to the Journal's popular Yellow Kid comic strip.