Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-09
WORLDS RECORD IN A RACE
Des Moines Team Sets a New Mark fol
Fast Hitch, Bun and Couple,
flREHENS TOURNAMENT EVENTS NOTABLE
Racers Their MettIe and Big
Crowd sees Some Exciting sport
and a Great Ride by
OIdaeId.

ObuIlNll bluIlS sllll continues anu the CIO"u
at the old Union park was almost a dupli-
| cate of the day before, but there was a
notable exception, and that was the order
that prevailed The crowdng onto the
track was stopped in it's incipiency and the
| racers had clear field and took advantage
| of it by smashing several national and state
| records. card of ten races was pulled OF
| in record time, and the crowd left nearly
| an hour earlier than the day before, when
but six events were finished. The firemen
were congratulated on all sides for the dis
| patch with which the various events were
run off.
| The center Of interest was in the paid de-
| partment contest for purse of 500 and
| open to the world although the rest of the
world was not present and the same teams
ran that furnished so much excitement the
day before. Jack and Jack, the crack team
! from Des Moines, went through their per-
! formance without a slip and beat the
worlds record, made by themselves, when
| the men arose from bed, slid down the pole
| and hitched the team, drove half mile and
made coupling in 1855. There were sew
| eral sensational features in this race and
| the crowd was wrought up to the highest
| pitch at all times When the Sioux City
| team, state champions came out as the
| lest team, the men realized that they were
| against hard proposition to beat the time
! of the Des Moines champions, yet they
| went after them A slight delay at the
| start and another at the finish gave them
slight setback. On the finish the coupler
jumped from the cart and was thrown head
over-heels and yet lit in about the right
| spot so that he made one lunge for the
| hose and made the coupling without any
| apparent loss of time. Council Bluffs had
plenty of rooters for it's teams, but they
were both unfortunate at the start
Events for the Amateurs.
In the tug-of-war Newton outpulled In
dianola after about three minutes. and
then Humboldt beat Newton, giving Hum
boldt the first place. This event interested
the crowd as In days of yore, in fact 1t is
one of the few events in which the men
are matched face to face, most of the
events being against the watch and run
singly.
In the ladder-climbing contest Zalmer of
Carroll made the climb in seconds Wood
cock of Marion in seconds and Risner Of
Marion won in 62S seconds. The runner ran
fifty feet, climbed a thirty-foot ladder, the
ladder laying on the ground until the start
was made and then raised to not less than
40 degrees, and the time counted from the
pistol shot until the runner touched the top
rung.
In the state race the Neola team was en-
abled to hold the state belt. which it had
won last year in the time of O:331k by doing
the stunt in 0:324b. In this event coupling
is made after the run. Carroll was second
In O:3395; Malvern third in 0:37 and Odebolt
fourth in O372t
Odebolt protested the amateur hose race
and was allowed a second trial as the
coupling caught the first time and an ax
was needed to loosen It, Odeboit won iif
C.S1, Shenandoah was second in O394k and
Malvern was given no time.
Marion sent out a splendid team to con-
test for the fire company drill corps prize
and before they were half through II was
the unanimous opinion that the company
that won from the Marion boys would have
to go some. The team was scored OBS by
Judges Major Tinley, Colonel c. 1. Root
of Lyons and Sam Green of Council Bluffs.
The Rock Island team of Valley Junction
also made a natty appearance in their
white uniforms and pink carnations, but
the other team was better in the eyes of
the Judges and took the persimmons
Odebolt beat Shenandoah by a second in
the consolation race, and AL Marks of Car
roll beat McCracken OF Shenandoah by
NTH of a second in the leaders foot race
oIdheId Races in the Rain
Inc ram was coming down quite hard
when Barney Oldheld appeared for his first
trial, but this did not seem to bother this
daredevel at all, and he simply pulled all
the harder on his cigar and let the ma
chine go right through the shower, whose
only perceptble effect was to settle the
dust somewhat. In the second trial the
rain had settled the dust and made the
track fast, and 1t was announced that Bar
ney would go against the worlds record for
d mile circular track. The difference was
very perceptible to those who had seen the
other performances of this time-despiser
for he did not take the trouble to shut off
his engines while making the turns, but
simply let her go for what she was worth
Coming down the straight-a way in front
of the grandstand the approach of the
Green Dragon looked like cyclone and
buzz and a whirl and he was gone for
another lap. The time announced for the
second trial for the five miles was 4:529k
which is the worlds record for this sort of
track.
Owing to the heavy rain which came UP
as Oldfeld finished his last trial 1t was de-
cided to postpone the auto and motor cycle
races until this afternoon. Yesterdays
summary:
Amateur hose race: First prize $50, Ode
n.
0:37.
Hook and ladder race: Purse $50, Marion:
Time: 0:432t |
First state race First prize $50 |
and belt, Nicola; second prize, $50, Carroll; |
third prize S26 Malvern fourth prize S5, |
Odebolt Time: O:32B
Paid fire department free for all open |
to the world: First prize 800, ,Des Mones |
No. Jack and Jack; second prize 800. |
Des Moines No ], Black and Tan; third |
prize 500, Sioux City No. !, Corbett and
HIM and bub rae ohetu,oo, tv,o +oor,. /
making the slowest time in amateur hose
prize SIS, Shenandoah: Time, O:3O.
Fire company drill corps First prize
500, b. f. Mentzer company Of Marion;
second prize $50, Rock Island Drill corps
Of Valley Junction, percentage 9S and
Leaders foot race: First prize Sl5. Al
Marks of Carroll; second prize $40, Nc
Cracken Of Shenandoah. Time O:26h.
Ladder climbing contest: First prize,
gold medal, value S25, Risner of Marion
Time: OO62E.
Tug of war: First prize S25 and rope
second prize $l5, Newton.
Oldheld five miles against time 4:522S.
Program for Today.
Five races in the firemen's tournament
remain 10 be run this afternoon and these
will be interspersed with automobile races
and motorcycle races, which will make