The daily sentinel., 1909-05-29

D JUNCTION, COLORADO.
greatest long distance runner in the
state of Colorado. at least in the city
of Grand Junction, and maybe by
Monday in the entire west
Saul Halyve. the Indian who won
The Sentinel's first gold medal. this
afternoon, is one of Prof. Burton s
brightest Indians. He does not know
exactly how old he is, but said he
thought he, was II. but Prof. Burton
gives it as'his opinion that he is 49,
Tonight he takes the train for DEN
yer and the local enthusiasts and fol-
lowers of this sport will eagerly
watch his performance. in that city,
Monday. With proper rest. it is a
safe statement to say that there isn't
runner in the country who can de-
} feat him in that event.
In every way possible friends of
The Sentinel assisted in making The
Sentinel's Marathon race today a
wonderful success.
For the use of their automobiles
thanks are due to Mr.. w. S. Wallace.
Mr.. NJ. c. Ramsey and Mr.. H. Henges.
For very splendidly serving as start
ers Mr. Fred w Coe, of the Coe In
vestment company and Mr. Perry w
Rogers, for acting in the capacity of
time keepers Mr.. e. A. Sherman, Mr..
w. S. Wallace and Mr.. Rex Arthur.
On the arrival of the boys at the
end of the course they were properly
cared for, each of them given rub
down and a wash and were overlook
ed by DIR. S. t. Egeness, who has
been the official physician of the
Marathon assisted by DR.. f. NJ
Brandt.
Several of the boys were pretty
well tagged out, who ran in the sec
ond class. but they all were active
as crickets before they started for
their respective homes.
This morning flags were placed at
the various corners marking the
course. Mr. Vernal Wells visiting
his cousin Mr.. Archie Wells and Mr..
Winn Lun worked splendidly to make
the success of the race that it was
from beginning to end.
The public generally was wonder
struck at the great running powers
of the Indian boy Saul Mr. Barnard
Welsh who has been active all his
life in sports says that he thinks The
Sentinel's Marathon and the running
of Saul was the most wonderful race
that he ever witnessed. The roads
in many places were deep with mud
and many horses followed the Indian
boy and they were covered with lath-
er at the end of the race of two or
three miles, as they happened to fol-
low him. and in many cases the
horses were unable to keep up to the
terrific pace set by Paul.
The run was marvellous from the
standpoint of endurance and Saul
will tot mi aaI- ri ~ No
YER
The crowd waited in front of The
Sentinel office until the racers all
finished. the deepest interest being
taken.
Following the race and before
crowd of more than thousand that
stood outside of The Sentinel. Mr.. +.
N Bunting, owner of The Sentinel,
brought each of the winners of the
medals before the crowd. They
mounted an automobile and the boys.
beginning with Saul, who won the
first prize. Don Atokuku, the second
of the first class and Roscoe an In
dian boy wo won the gold medal for
the second series and Byron Willis.
the silver medal, the latter an Am
erican boy. All were introduced.
All the winners were received with
great cheers by the crowd for their
plucky and nervy endurance in the
contest.
The following supplementary priz-
es will be awarded Monday:
Sampliners. fine hat,
NJ. II. Loeffler. pair Oxford shoes.
Globe Dry Goods Co. silk umbrella.
E A. Ryan Mercantile Co. dozen
linen handkerchiefs.
The Ross Hardware & Supply Co.
a fly fishing rod.
L. Schmidt & Sons Hardware Co.
baseball catcher's glove.
The Mesa Dry Goods Co. half dozen
beautiful initial kerchiefs.
The Red Trunk, gentleman's
sweater.
John Brainerd. box of fine candy.
Blackstone Jawelry Co. stick pin.
The Quist Drug Co. pair military
brushes.
Primrose Jewelry Co. watch fob.
Kraft & Emerson. Druggists, leath-
er pocket book.
f. r. Crocker. Jeweler, stick pin.
Van Horn Drug Co. gentlemans
hair brush.