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will be given. also a ball at the Alamo Ho-

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Wednesday, August 22.-This Is Colorado
flower carnival. Thousands of Colorado
people will swell the throng OF visitors,
special trains arriving from all over the
state. At 10 o'clock the Wheel Club will
where so many state records have been
broken. There will be eight events, four
in each class. Most of them will be open
and are expected to be red hot. At 4 o'clock
the annual flower parade will occur. From
a stx-horse coach to a burrow cart. every
vehicle " decorated with flowers In the
most exquisite or unique designs. 1t 10
a s!ngularly charming sight and one must
see 1t to realize its beauty.
The cyclists part OF the carnival q grand
lantern paarde, Will begin at 7:S0 o'clock.
1t Is expected that every prominent wheel
VIII be represented. Fine prizes will be Of
fered with a special class for visitors Lam
terms VIII be on sale at nominal sums, and
all visiting wheelmep are Invited to deco
rate their wheels and participate In the
parade The closing feature of the city's
program will be a grand l.. A. w. ball at
the Casino, beginning at 0:30 o'clock ami
lasting as long as any one cares to dance.
A band OF fifteen Indians have been prom
ised by an Indian agent as a special fea-
ture for carnival day. They will take part
In the parade and open the Casino ball by
giving a number of genuine Indian dances
on the lawn In front of the building Over
nifty COW boys from the roundup have sig
mined their Intentions to come in a body
and take part IN the parade and MANY
otner new features viii be added.
Turf Notes.
j. B. Haggin, the California horseman.
has bought In England, Water Cress, @
four year-old bay colt, by Preferrnent out
OF Watch Spring, and Goldfnch, a four
year-old chestnut gelding, by Castlereash
out OF Beeswax. The price paid for the
latter was $4,000
The winners at Brighton Beach Saturday
were DR.. Garrett, Golden Valley, First
Light, Stonenelli Rosa III. and St Anthony
AT Saratoga Saturday the races were won
by John Cooper, Candelebra. Ainsette, Do
II 1nso, Pearl Song and Ballarat
On Saturday at Alexandria Island Devil
see, Iurco Sonora, Lyceum and Sandstone
Won the various events
The circuit races at Buffalo Saturday were
won oy A1ote, Hal Braden and Mary Best.
Colonel Kuser won the go class trotting
race at SauSus. Mass, Saturday.
Cycling Notes.
A. A. Zimmerman, the weii-known Amerf-
can bicyclist, yesterday, at Paris, made his
last appearance for the season. He took
part in race at the Seine Velodrome and
won easily. &C. --..-.- r.--.-
Nat. Butler of Cambridge. Mass, broke
the worlds five-mile bicycle record Satur-
day at Milford, Mass, in a handicap race
with forty entries Buffers time was eleven
minutes seven seconds.
ii. c. Tyler of Springfield, did flying
mile on the bicycle IN 1.53 4-5 on the track
at Waltham, Mass. Saturday afternoon
He was paced by three tandem teams.
At Chicago Saturday Bliss was paced a
half mile against time in IS is seconds and
Titus in is seconds.
sports I'm General.
Edwin Hedley Of Philadelphia finished
third In the second of the postponed trial
heats for senior single SOULS at Hamilton,
Ont. Saturday. He was beaten by +. H.
Thompson, ArgOnauts. Toronto, and A.
Russell, Torontos. The time was 1I20. The
senior doubles were won by the yespers of
Philadelphia. The regatta was a success.
The dispatch from Richmond, KY, say
ing the mother of Peter jackson, the pugil-
ISL, mas been found there. Is not credited
IN San Francisco. jackson has left for the
east, but persons who XII ow him intimately
say that his mother died a number Of years
ago.
Mitchell of the New York Athletic Club
on saturday broke the record for putting
the 36-pound weight for heis ut. He tossed it
over the bar at 13 feet Z "a inches.