The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-05

tnem LOT use IN ana taxing
time. The enterprise proved invalu-
able. The judges of the tournament
were Chief Engineer Allen, of Mar
shalltown VIM. Fawcett, of the U.
p; A. Bruegger, Chicago; Chief st.
John, of Muscatine. Cooley Booker,
of Omaha, was time-keeper; Secretary,
Sol. Prince, official time-keeper.
THE IOWA CHAMPIONS,
The Bluff City team, Of Council Bluffs,
ran first. Their suits were red caps,
white shirts and pants and red stock
ings. They started in perfect form,
moving like n man, and came flying
yer the course, raising the pipe in 534
seconds. 1t was faster time than they
made when they won the belt at Cedar
Rapids. They were Justify cheered.
THE DURANTs,
OF the U. P. shops, started next, TAX
ing the drag smartly, but steering a lit
tie wild and delaying in connections.
They called slime" in GO seconds. The
team had some points Of running per-
fectly. Their uniform was white shirts,
light caps and black trousers.
THE FREMONT TEAM
were the next in the race. They start
ed off well and made a plucky push for
a prize, but made a mistake in coup
ling, at a cost of perhaps ten seconds.
They put up their pipe in 7Ot seconds.
Their suits were fatigue caps, white
shirts and black trowsers.
OMAHA ENGINE
No. rs lightest-heeled men, forming
came up to the scratch attired in white
and red shirts, white caps and black
trowsers. They were sent off at a
good gait and covered the track prettily,
making the run and coupling in 62t
seconds.
RESCUE NO. 3's TEAM,
of Council Bluffs, winners of the third
prize in the Iowa tournament, were
marked also by their handsome suits
yesterday, consisting of black caps,
white shirts with blue shield, and light
trowsers. They ran like greyhounds
when they got under way, and came in
in 500 seconds.
THE WINNERS,
therefore, Of the first prize, were the
Bluff city team; of the second, Rescue
team, and OF the third, Omaha No. /
team. 1t is but just to say that while
the visitors did s~plendidly, and our fire.
men had no idea of keeping the prizes
offered, that the Fremonts, Durants
and Omahas were inexperienced and
little drilled, never having raced be-
fore, and did bravely. The tournament
will doubtless arouse the interest in
racing here.
THE HOOK AND LADDER
companies took an inning simply for
exhibition. The Phoenix, of Council
Bluffs, made q sharp run and sent its
climber to the top round in So seconds.
Red Rovers, the juvenile team of the
Bluffs, won their way into favor by a
plucky dash, in 81 seconds. Pioneers,
of Omaha, started over the course in
an impromptu raj against time, but
the ladder was hauled off at the n.y.
drant by mistake.
THE PAID DEPARTMENT
prizes offered to Omaha fremen were
competed for at the several engine
houses, the judges being John A.
Creighton, Ed. Reed and j. S. Wright.
The prize for hitching hose cart was
carried off by Chas. II. Picken, of No.
/, who averaged 81 seconds in three
trials, and made the rafting time of ST
in the first two. Geo. A. Coulter, of
No. 2, won the prize for single hitching
in 81 seconds. The prize to three men
for hitching the steamer was won by
No. 2's men, in an average of 80 Sec
onds.
A grand ball in the evening ended
the festivities of the day.