The daily sentinel., 1910-08-19
PREPARATIONS
COMPLETE FOR
RECORD RACE

Arrangements have been definitely
completed for the big Stanley Halyye
twenty-mile marathon race TO be run
in this city. Friday night at eight
O'Clock the event will start directly
in front of the grandstand and the
track will be so well lighted that the
lines of the runners faces will be Wis
ible at all times of the contest.
Unlike the former night contest
there will be no flickering of light
and shadow and there will be no oil
smoke to distress the runners and
spectators. The race will be run di-
rectly in front of the grandstand and
not a considerable distance as was
formerly the case, when Saul met the
Salt Lake and Denver runners.
A ten-lap to the mile track will be
CONSTRUCTED running the full length
of the grandstand and there will not
be a moment when the runners will
be out OF sight of the people and with
four large arc lights, one at each turn,
the track will be almost as bright as
day. The track will be oblong in
shape and so constructed that rapid
time will be an easy and natural re-
suit.
Both Stanley and Saul are going to
exert every effort to break the world S
record. Stanley still refuses to be-
lieve that Saul will come very close to
beating him and says that the Indian
runner is good man but that he
cannot run fast enough to push him
very hard.
1t is unnecessary to boost Saul S
ability to the people of the Grand
valley as there is not a fan from one
end TO the other who does not believe
that he is one of the fastest runners
alive aud Notwithstanding the fact
that Stanley holds two worlds rec
ords they are not going to back down
and admit that lie is a greater run
ner than the local lad until he has
beaten him If Stanley can beat Saul,
| he is the first runner who ever enter
ed these parts who can do it.
Stanley makes a good impression
ppon al whom he meets. He i'm
presses one as being a thorough gen
| tleman and man who will give she
public the best he has got. He was
informed that night race might not
draw as well as day race but he re
piled that il didn't matter. He would
rather take considerable less money
and race at night and make good
time than to race during the day time
and have the race drag on account OF
the sweltering heat.
Stanley appears to regard highly
his reputation and he doesn't want to
take any chances on being beaten by
the local lad and he also wants TO
make a record which will be boost
for him in some other city. conse-
quently the coming race will be a
record maker.
The press all over the state have
commented on the approaching race
and with the course properly marked
off and the other conditions standard
If the record is broken it will stand
and Grand Junction will have the dis
tinction and advertising which will
attend the setting of a new mark for
the twenty mile outdoor distance.
Stanley ran ten miles this morn
| ing at the fair grounds and Saul after
laying off yesterday will run again
this evening.
The little Indian lad has not lost
confidence in himself and even
though the new arrival has a better
time for ten miles than has Saul, he
has not given up hope and will race
until he crosses the tape. Saul knows
that he has never as yet been pushed
and therefore he has never made his
best time. With a runner who can
stay with him until the last several
laps his time would be improved sew
eral minutes on even the ten mile
distance and better still on the twen-
ty mile distance. Stanley processes TO
believe that Saul will not be able to
keep with him until the latter part
of the contest but in this he will be
fooled for even If he succeeds in beat
| ing Saul, there will not be many
yards between the two when the race
is finished
The gate receipts will be divided
by percentage and each man will race