The daily sentinel., 1907-08-05
OUR BOYS
WINNERS
IN ROAD RACE
Barber and Carpenter Captur-
ed the Big Prizess--lS Men
Enteerd 200 People Went
From This City---Great Day
of Sport.

over three hundred people from
Grand Junction and in all about 25O
from Palisade and other towns al
ong this end OF the line, rode into
Glenwood Springs yesterday morning
on the road race special over the
Colorado Midland. A great many
other local local people made the
trip on the regular morning trains.
The occasion was the tenth annual
road race under the auspices of the
Glenwood Wheel club. 1t was an
ideal day for this big event and the
attending attractions.
The road race has always been a
big occasion in the history of west
ern Colorado sports and this year
the interest was more pronounced
than ever before.
The course of the race was the
same as in past years, from Basalt
to Glenwood Springs, a distance of
23 miles. The race started about
1:45 o'clock and the special train
followed the contestants pretty close
ly the big crowd on the train grow
ing very enthusiastic at times.
Grand Junction boys won the two
big prizes, Rex Barber was the star
winner of the day. He got both first
time and first place in the road race,
coming in about ten minutes ahead
of any of the other contestants. His
time was 1:14-19. He had been Civ
en- n handicap of nine minutes. Dan
iel Carpenter, another Grand juno
tion boy, came in second. He had
been given a fourteen minute handi-
cap. His time was 1:27-27. Peter
Zuspensis, of Aspen, got the third
place.
Barber however, did not succeed
in breaking all previous time records
for the course. Rex was in fine con-
dition though and had not a strong
wind blown against the riders. our
home boy would have come very close
If not breaking the time record for
the course.
The race was a great success and
created all kinds of excitement.
Eighteen riders started but only
eleven finished.
A home rider, Lynn Kennedy. in
whom much confidence was placed
had the misfortune to break down
two bicycles. He took the scratch
with three others and took the pace
at a terrific rate for nineteen miles,
no one else being willing to lead out.
At the end OF the nineteenth mile
Lynn pulled chain In two, and 4
fatigued rider gave him his wheel, but
within the next mile the chain on this
wheel snapped, and Lynn came In
afoot.
The contestants and their handi-
caps were as follows: c. A. Brown
ing. Grand Junction. scratch; Sam
Thompson Glenwood Springs, scratch
Lynn Kennedy. Grand Junction,
scratch; Frank Crawley. Aspen, 16
minutes; Dan Carpenter, Grand
Junction II minutes; George Richie,
Aspen 13 minutes; Dorr Belden.
Fruita, l. 8 minutes; l.. Johnson, Fru
ita IL minutes; L. d. Plank. Aspen
~ minutes. Pete Zuspensis, Aspen
II minutes; j. Smith Grand June
tion 10 minutes; Rex Barber. Grand
Junction . minutes; L. A. Zieman,
Grand Junction 6 minutes: NJ. c..
Beton, Salida. minutes; ]. C. Han
son. Aspen, 1-2 minutes; c. Der
ring. Cardim, | minute.
The manner in which the boys
finished and their awards was as fol-
lows:
Rex Barber, Grand Junction, first
time first place; time 1:15:l9; prize
money Sl00 and a beautiful Colo
RADIO Midland solid gold medal.
Dan Carpenter, Grand Junction,
second place, nth time, time 1927:
81; prize money S35.
Pete Zuspensis, Aspen, third place