Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-07-05
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eftzsEs 81 = o'cl0cz 10 Wi,Dss tbe
miDoT sports ~ TIE DAY. TIE roots Of
. DusnLef ~ -alsu's tusi Dsss bOllses /
Eers ogy-r.g Wstb uDen and toys r. u |
wnleh p.ssiion- they bsd sn sxe-lSeni
visS q tie pFueeedings- Promptly n
O'e.Ock the sxsmpt frsnen made
run On Commercial street from Fsrry
street 70 the cseTn 81 the iBisrsection
of Htats spd Commercial streets
making excellent tine, ard icing
nsartIS appls0dsd by the large ~
SEM age A lire Of bose va aid vsEy
rapidly and . stream vas 500 shoot
ing into the air.
The paid hre department. then gave
az exhibition drili. A run EAs made
70 tue at 70 - Commercial and
CO1ri streets 10 = remarkably shOri
time a terrible AceioeBt "a. nAE-
IO~is ~ srisd by the eOolness o. Elmer
Wbie, a % Sss driving the blacks At
tsebso I, the 7ysO pound La FraDes
sngis-e. After passing onto Commercial
sfnel nsD -ilh q single horse rig.
sisDdiLE 81 O-ite the Y.M.CA- rooms
tuned lie b. T. e around aud stsrtsG ~
cToes Ire siieet. sesiDg tie engine
coming be stopped the animal and
stiem pied 70 tack against the c0rbing.
Elmer White, driver Of the black
team. noticed The dsnEsr AEd sue
oeeded in guiding the flying stseis TO
/ the IL iodie of the street jast 10 time 10
I prevent . terrible accident. As It was
the hind wheel II the engine gAzsd the
sbOU der Of the horse attacb. d 10 tie
I buggy. The next number on the pro-
gram wss thsi in which tie tmzli boys
wers deeply intere=ted-tbe turning
loOse of a creased pis at ths iDt7rsee-
[ ton Of state and Commercial streets.
I After lengthy chase the animal Was
I captured BY Charles Smith. A second
one was turned lose at Commercial
and Ferry streets later in the afternoon.
I Both animals were in excellent condi-
tion, Weighing 40 pounds each. The
I lOJ yard foot Taes was won by Grant
/ Taylor, g. ". Shollian second and
John Farmer third. o. Neal, Cf salem,
won the 20 yard race esslly, the
/ three sprinteTs IN the preceding race,
, entering this ole also. The obstacle
race came next 10 which there were
six enIeIies. Tbe distance run was
one block aud 10 that distance each
VA required 10 circle barrel or boz
twice aud crawl through q sack and
scramble over three foot hurdle
Wm. Stewart VA he fret to hnish,
Fred ByTue second. The prizes were
not swaTded owing % foui being en-.
tered Ggainst stewart claiming be cir.
clei tie baITel tut once.
Il vas nearly four o'clock when the
sXeTcifss On Commercial street had
been completed aud II wAs then an
nou1osd that the bicycle races would
take place Ia Wilson ayeuae commerce
lng promptly At 4sSO o'clock. The nnt
syent Of the races vas the half
mile open with four starters, viz Han
con, DAyis, Townsend aud Lennon.
Dayis crossed the tape hfst In li,ll %
wiib Hanson ssooud and Townsend
third. The same riders snd oliver
savage sutsged the mile open Taos,
which VAS fslsaied, % 100 90 misun.
dsfftsndiug suoIE the rldeTs, = nun.
brf " them siihdfssipg Al the class
u ihs tbifd lap, thinking Il Wa the
fourth. Upon request ~ Walter Davis,
the sinns' lhs rans sas repeated and
Resulted Davis first, Hansen ssoOnd sad
Townssnd third. 1lms gAI. Tbs lasl
faos as 9 niis olsn, ztb class, Ia
whieb theirs wAs nVs slsTtsfs, via
tansru Davis. T0wHssad, savage sad
Lennon. lispson crossed ihs lags
nfsl, fgliowsd classiy ~ Wslisf Davis,
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