The daily sentinel., 1905-07-24
Bicycle Road Races

salt and Glenwood Springs, under
the auspices OF the Colorado Midland
route, was pulled of in a most sue
eessful manner yesterday morning
Grand Junction has a right to be
proud of her riders, who carried of
the lions share of the honors, and
then some.
The race train. or special train.
provided by the Colorado Midland ar
rived in Glenwood at 10 am. and
then proceeded to Basalt. where the
specials from Leadville and Aspen
We're merged into one train of 13
cars, which went to the starting point
miles west of Basalt
Four men were started with an
lS-minute handicap, among them Fe-
liN Carson, a well known Junction
boy. He rode with overalls and COM
mon shirt and tan shoes. and every
one remarked that he would not I'm
ish
Bert VanHooreheke. the popular.
rider from this city was started next
with 15-minute handicap. He
started after the men in front like
the wind. The next Grand Junction
man to start was the well known rid
er, Louie Ziemann, who was given
minutes over the scratch
Lawrence Barber, who has become
laAA4gAAS III Tie 7 dtALE Oh LnE west
ern slope. was only given ] minute
handicap on account of his winning
first place last year He sprinted
away like a veteran and was soon
lost sight of far down the road. Han
sen. he husky blacksmith from As
pen, was the only scratch man. and.
after he had started, the three motor
cycles We're lined up and given
start ten minutes later, but the train
did not wait for this, and sped along
beside the speedy cyclists
The race was a pretty one, and as
the men rode for every ounce that
was in them, il became very exciting
Hansen gained steadily on Barber
until lost to view. and then Louie
Ziemann was the center of attraction
for a few minutes, He tore down the
line, through mud, dust and rocks.
passing in all nine men.
Near Carbondale, Hansen and Bar
Der were again visible. Hansen was
plainly losing ground and Barber
waved his hand to the train from
which issued cheer after cheer for
Barber. He dug into his work and
literally ran away from the strong
Aspen scratch man.
At Cardiff. Bert VanHoorebeke was
seen skimming along slightly in the
lead of the whole bunch, and when
it became known that he was ahead.
the crowd from this city went wild
with glee He had passed four men
The train sped on at top speed to
Glenwood, and everybody dashed up
town post haste, but VanHoorebeke
was too swift for the most of them,
and came down Grand avenue a clean
winner. riding at a pace that was
truly terrific. His sprint at the fin
ish was a mastery piece of riding.
II was fully minutes before
Townsend, an 1S-minute Aspen man
came in. Bert having left him at Car
diff on the sprint.
Next Watson of Aspen appeared.
and on his heels came Felix Carson
whom everyone had thought would
drop out of the running. AT this
juncture every person held his breath
and watched for the next man, think
ing it would be either Hansen or Bar
Der, and when a red suit was seen
tearing up the earth down the stretch
the Junction people gasped, because
Hansen wore a red suit. 1t was a
false alarm however, and it proved
10 be Louie Ziemann doing one of his
old-time famous sprints. He made |
a pretty finish.
Every one now watched the stretch /
nervously and in about . minutes. |
like shot from a cannon Lawrence |
Barber came over the hill and |
swooped down Grand avenue in a |
sprint for the finish that should have /
been seen TO have been appreciated. |
He passed the line like Mauser bull
let, winning first time. mid the tre- 4
menduous cheering of his hundreds I
of admirers. He did not dismount
from his wheel during the whole ride.
He took the big hill with ease and
mud puddles were good roads 10 him.
He passed ten men. winning first
time in 1 hour 20 minutes and so
seconds.
Those who thought Hansen was
riding on his heels were mistaken, II
for ii was fully minutes before the Il
Aspen man hove into sight. Hansen
finished seventh. with third time.
A few more straEglers came in. /,
then a motor cycle steered by Ted
Cooper of Aspen finished. covering /;
the course in 1;10:50.
Bert NanHoorebeke of this city +,
won first place and second time
Lawrence Barber won first time and
sixth place. Felix Carson won fourth
place and Louie Ziemann fifth place
and fourth time. This was a total
Of eight prizes won by four Grand
Junction men
Following is a table giving winners
Of place and time: