Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-05-18

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charge, being assisted by J. S. McNaly,
and ]. Enslew as judge and timer. Beam
of the Beam house, threw the hotel open
to the boys and nothing was too good for
them. HIS hospitality was was greatly
appreciated.
The people of Harmony, Zelienople, and
surrounding country turned out en- masse,
and the greatest excitement was observed
on all sides. When the leader passed
through there was loud cheering. The
local riders, Wise, Kavanaugh, were the
recipients of every encouragement, and
plucky young Cunningham who punctured
between Portersville and Harmony, had
much sympathy. The Harmony people
did every thing they could for the boys.
Special thanks are due in Butler to the
merchants who contributed prizes, to the
Ii otel Arlington, where the genial Leibolds
gave everything to the boys, to the City
Pharmacy, to the Springdale band, to
Hawk, Eisler, and McCune at the Western
Union, for kindness shown and to the
checkers, timers and others who contribut-
ed in SO many ways.
The winner, Paul e. Cronewett, wins
four prizes. i. 6. Time prize, gold medal.
offered by THE CITIZEN. First prize gold
medal offered by The Times, a sweater Of
fered by Douthett and Graham and shirt
offered by Kaufman.
The wrecks are as follows: Sam Redd
at Portersville; Mark Mcbride handle
broken at Prospect; Geo Cronenwett gener-
ally smashed at Middle Lancaster; l. l.
Thompson punctured at Prospect; Chas
McElvain sprained ankle at Harmony; V
Cunningham punctured at Harmony.
The race was run under the following
conditions, and rules. The route was But
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return by way of Petersville, distance of
424 miles. The following were the prizes
offered: Time prize, gold medal, CITIZEN.
First prize, gold medal, Times. Second
prize, gold medal, Eagle. Third prize,
silver cup. w. E. Ralston. Fourth prize,
silver cup, G. f. T. Pape d Bro. Fifth
prize, silver cup, d. L. Cleeland. In ad-
dition, the following special prizes were
offered
For the best time Butler to Harmony,
the best shirt in Kaufmann's store. Win
ner must finish in time limit.
For the best time Harmony to Butler, a
sweater, offered by Douthett d. Graham.
| Winner to finish in time limit.
The list of prizet offered to those coming
| in under the time limit was as follows:
/, belt and hose, Colbert d. Dale; 2 hat,
Racket Store; 3, tan shoes, Vogeley d
! Bancroft; 4, bicycle shoes, G. q. Miller; .,
bicycle shoes, John Bickel; 6, bicycle
lamp, J. Z. Forsythe; z, toilet case, G. N.
Boyd; 8, Tenney's candies, II. A. Morrison;
0, cake, John Richey; 10, two vols. book,
j. S. Jack; IL, photo of group, NJ. G. Wag-
ner; IL, dozen cabinet photos, Hardman
Art Company; 13, two sacks of flour, Henry
Miller; IA, lamp, Aiken d Cambell; 10,
| hose, L. Stein d. Son.
The entries were as follows
&c. A. Hawk, l.. L. Thompson, 3 Geo.
J. Cronenwett, Mark Mcbride 5 George
Mardorf, 6 Charles McElvaln, A. e.
| Harper, Norman Bredin, George Arm
buster, 10 Sam Redd, ii David Ensmingel
| l2E. G. Mardorf, 13 Ernst Cronenwett, Ia
Bob Wick, Is Calvin Sanders, 16 w. j.
| White. II Virgil Gibson, IS Paul Cronen-
wett, 10 Raymond Reed, 20 Z. G. Helm
bold, 81 G. II. Walters, % Ell. Kavanaugh