, 1885-09-11

:" SochNoou iioparu, Nuc}euuo.
s. G. l.. Harmon, Denver.
J.. G. @. Hopkins, Denver.
.. II. G.. Kennedy, Denver.
Race No. Club Championship.
9. +. II. Clark.
5. II. B. Rice.
A.. F. A. Gillespie.
Race No. 3-FYpe mile dash.
8. II. B. Rice. Cheyenne.
3. II. G.. Kennedy, Denver.
7. NJ. A. Donaldson, Denver.
Race No. A. One mile dash.
|. C, c. Hopkins, Denver.
I. NJ. A. Donaldson, Denver.
4. T. A. Gillespie, Cheyenne.
3. Lockwood Hebard, Cheyenne.
8. D. G. Harmon, Denver.
2. II. B, Kennedy, Denver.
The Greeley band will make music for
the occasion.
At p. m. the firemen's tournament
will take place On Sixteenth street, where
ample stands have been erected to seat
those who desire to rest while witnessing
the races, which will consist of contests
by hose teams and hook and ladder teams
from Colorado and Wyoming.
In the evening a grand ball will be
given in honor of the guests, and Com
rade W. l. Visscher will deliver his hui
morous lecture, Sixty Minutes IN the
War" in the Presbyterian church. The
ball will not begin until the lecture is
over.
All prizes including those for the BIZ
cycle races, competitive drill, firemen's
tournament, etc; will be distributed at
10 O'Clock on Friday evening at the fire.
mans ball at Library hall.
At the meeting last night of the Tourna-
ment Board of Control, which is compos-
ed of the captains of the teams entered,
it was determined that no professionals
should take part in the races, that each
company should be allowed twenty minu-
ties, after being called, to get ready to
run, and the decision of the general COM
mittee was seconded BY the Board of Con-
troll that each hose team shall run with
the Alert hose cart, and each hook team,
with the Pioneer Hook and Ladder truck,
as put upon the track. There will also be
a foot race in which one man from each
team will take part.
The meeting was held at the city hall,
presided over by Chief Hannafn, with
Ira Fredendall as secretary. The COM
panies represented, and which have en-
tered teams are:
The Longmont Hooks and Hose.
Poudre Valley Hooks. of Greeley.
j. T. Clark Hose and Hooks, of Chey-
enne.
Alert Hooks and Hose teams, of Chey.
enne
Durant Hose and Hooks, Of Cheyenne.
Laramie Hose, No. 3.
Laramie Hooks and Hose, No. /.
Greeley Hose and Phil Sheridan Hose.
of Camp Carlin.
GOSSIP.
The Ladies Relief corps will endeavor
to establish a branch in Cheyenne.
1t is rmored that Frank Eldred will be
barred from tbe,straightaway on account
of being a professional.
Another large party from Denvci and
intermediate points will come up this
morning On the Denver excursion train.
The Massachusetts soldiers had a little
meeting of their own yesterday. There
were present Frank Hunter, of the 10Th
infantry; Fred Niebhu, LIST artillery; w.
L. Gilmore, 18th infantry; L. B. Willard,
Goth infantry; n. r. Twitchell, 44th in
fantry; A. j. Kavanaugh, llth infantry: A.
NJ. Sawyer, SD infantry; j. s. Shaw,
18th infantry; D. B. Reynolds, 35th in
fantry.
The Greeley band which arrived on yes
terday evenings train played several ex-
cellent selections in front of the Inter
Ocean hotel upon its arrival. 1t is a
splendid music corps aad will take part in
the programme to-day.
Beside the Greeley band the Denver
train last evening brought up a Long
mont hose company, a Greeley hook and
ladder team, more members of the Colo
RADIO Wheel club, and large number of
additional Grand Army men from all over
Colorado.