The daily sentinel., 1905-05-31

Drew Great Crowd

The matinee at the fair grounds
Yesterday afternoon attracted several
hundred people, and the program of
sports proved interesting throughout.
Every seat in the grand stand was
occupied and many stood along the
race course The crowd was "a good
humoreI one. bent upon having "a
pleasant afternoon. and every feature
of the matinee was enthusiastically
received.
The Grand Junction band gave
several excellent selections early i'm
the afternoon while the crowd was
gathering. The musicians wore their
handsome new suits and mauy "a COM
pliment was passcu upon the attract
I've appearance OF the popular organ
lzatlou. MOI a poor number was Civ
en- during the afternoon.
The ball game between the Grand
Junction team and the l.obackars
was called shortly after 2.#u % 600.
The contest was not "a very exciting
one al any stage. The Grand June
tion boys had the pest of the game
from start to finish. Tine Io1eckcrs
did not run in a man until the fifth
inning. Eight innings were PLAYED.
In the seventh inning the l-oberkors
got ion six scores, and in the eighth
inning the Grand Junction team g0,
in five scores. The score stood . TO
Q in favor of Grand Junction.
The lU-milc bicycle race followed
the ball game. and it. was in this race
that the interest of the crowd cen
tered. The entries four in number
were Wenzell Burkhardt, Burt
NauHooreheke. Rex Barber and
Lawrence Barber. Burkhardt was
mere midget, weighing less than 100
pounds, and he was given y min
utes handicap over the scratch. This
handicap enabled him to 20 once
around the track or nearly SO be
fore the next man-Bert VanHoore-
beke- started, the latter having so
seconds handicap. He pulled rapidly
away and was half way around the
track when Rex Barber, the lU-seC-
ond man, started. Rex speedily
caught up with Burkhardt. and then
Lawrence Barber, the crack rider OF
the western slope. started from the
scratch. with NanHoorebeke just
turning the curve at the west end of
the track.
When Lawrence started the crowd
cheered heartily, he being. natural
favorite with the assemblage on aC-
count OF his winning two races at
GlcuwoOd last year. Both Rex and
Lawrence forgot thar Burkhardt had
whole lap the advantage over them
and as soon as Lawrence had caught
these two. who were close together,
he passed them and contented him
self with leading an ordinary pace
around the track. VanHoorebcke
rode the entire race without pace and
lost and gained by spurts, but the
race as a whole was uneyenttul and
rather tame on account of 70 lack Of
hard spurts and close finishes. The
boys all rode a pretty race, and
Burkhardt whom the crowd sup
posed was a filler who would drop
out after a few revolutions around
the track, surprised everybody by
pmclily clinging TO the two Barber
boys, never seemingly fatigued, and
rode a magnificent race, considering
his age and size, although his handi-
cap for a track race was something
enormous.
The most exciting part of the race
was between the two Barber boys,
who are not related, although of the
same name and profession. Their
sprint for the finish was a beautiful
sight and would have been won by
] Lawrence had not Rex unintention-
ally crossed his path, nearly throw
ing Lawrence into the fence. Law
renee recovered quickly and made a
desperate spurt to regain his loss,
and was gaining on Rex speedily as
they crossed the line. The speed at
which the two boys crossed the fin
ish was something marvellous. They
were going fully forty miles an hour.
Rex broke his chain from the enor-
nous strain and ben his sprocket
badly. Before the finish the two Bar
Der boys did not exert themselves IN
the least, and. had they endeaYored,
they could have CirCled the track ai
a far greater speed and passed Burli-
bardt with his handicap and all in
less than five miles. The Barber boys
have seemingly never eNerted them.
selves to their limit before Grand
junction audience.
Burkhardt won first place and
fourth time: Van HOorebeke second
place and first time; Rex Barber
third place and third time, Lawrence
Barber fourth place and second time
The race as "a whole was interest
ing. though not exciting, and the best
time for the 10 miles was go minutes
and A seconds.
VanHoorebeke rode with marked
grace and ease.
The horse race was not at all eN
citing. though interesting. II was
half-miIe trot. There We're two en-
tries-Rabbi. a horse from the Pla
teau valley; and Blue Sash, a loea
horse. The latter won the race
Time 53 seconds.
The horse race was the last feat
ure of the program. u was after
nm. Wien the big crowd dispersed
Those who made the arrangement
for the matinee are to be congratu
lated upon the excellence of the pro
gram which was prepared on sucl
short notice.
prizes were awarded the winner
in tbe races. the same being paN
from the gate receipts.