The Glenwood post., 1907-08-10

make the race. The track, twenty.
three mile course, was in tolerably good
condition, while the weather was fair
The race, pronounced one of the most
interesting in the history of the city
was begun at Basalt and ended in Glen,
wood. The judges were c. Van Hore
beke of Grand Junction; Otto Floto
sporting editor of the Denver Post
Writ Mccarthy, who occupies the same
position with the Denver News Times
and Col Manford W. Smith of Aspen
The winners and their respective times
and places made in the race are as
follows:
Dan Carpenter, Grand Junction
handicap, IA minutes; time, l:47.55
time, llth; place, 10th.
George Richie, Aspen; handicap, Il
minutes; time, 1:47.55; time, 11th;
place 10th.
Pete zuspensis, Aspen; handicap, II
minutes; time, 1:27.42; time, 7th;
place, 3rd.
Rex Barber, Grand Junction; handi
cap, minutes: time, 1:15.19; time
lst; place, 1st.
l.. A. Zieman, Grand Junction: handi
cap 6 minutes; time, 1:3l.34; time
9th; place, 9th.
NJ. C. Blegebon, Salida; handicap.
minutes; time, 1:29.3S; time, sth;
place, 4th.
R. Fl. Lee, Salida; handicap, 3 min
utes; time, l:41.53; time, 10th; place
11th.
J. C. Hanson, Aspen; handicap, Is
minutes; time, 1:27.37; time, 9th;
place, 9TH.
c. Deering, Cardiff; scratch; time
1:25.33; time, 4th; place, Sth.
Sam Thompson, Glenwood; scratch;
time, l:24.5o; time, End; place, 5th.
C. A. Browning, Grand Junction;
scratch; time, 1:25.O5; time, Sd; place
9th.
No Records Broken
The failure of any of the contestants
to break the time record of the local
track by no means deteriorated from
the interest of the race, for the great
est interest in the history of the bi
cycle races here was manifested in Sun
days event The time over the Ba
salt -Glenwood twenty-three mile course
is l hour, II minutes and 81 seconds
and the best time made in Sunday
race was hour, 10 minutes and 10 sec
onds, made by Barber.
The prizes awarded at this year:
race were as follows:
1st, time prize, $50; place prize, $50
2nd, time prize, $35; place prize, $50
3rd, time prize, $25; place prize, $25
4th, time prize, $40; place prize, $40
5th, one round trip ticket from and
to any point on the Colorado Midland
railway.
9th, time prize, annual pass to pool
Place prize, annual pass to pool.
7th, solid gold medal for best time.
Through the courtesy of the Glen
wood Hot Springs company, each entry
man in the race was given plunge il
the pool or at the stone bath house, a!
he choosed.
Other Amusements
Prof. Phil NJ. Bowen gave his thrill
ling "suicide' dive at S O'Clock il
the afternoon. The diver leaped from
state bridge into the Grand river.
Immediately following the dive, th
Grand Junction band gave publi
concert on the lawn. 1t was enjoyed
by the hundreds of visitors and citi
zens. Both the Grand Junction and tn
Palisade bands were present, and rend
cred music on the special trains alon'
the route over the Colorado Midland
The baseball game in the Afternoon
between Glenwood and Grand junction
completed the days events. TIL
score stood 6 to 0 in favor of the lo
calls.
Returning Sunday night, all specia
trains left the city at O'Clock, at
fording ample time for the visitors t
get home at seasonable hour of tn
evening.