The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-06-20

OF the reception and hospitality ex-
tended to them here and the magnif-
cent scenery OF its surroundings. es-
peciany the views from the top Of
the Royal Gorge and the skyllae
drive. of which they we're profuse al
their praise.
Drives Are Unequalled.
They were unanimous In voting he
Royal Gorge and the Skyline drive
two Of the greatest scenic attractions
OF the country: some OF them saying
that neither OF them had a parallel IN
magnlhcenee and beauty on the Amer
lean continent J. II. McDunee, pro-
moter and leader OF the run. voiced
the general sentiment when he said
ITO my mind the panorama from the
roadway 70 the top Of the Gorge and
from the Skyline drive are unequaiied
anywhere. either In the United States
or Europe. and many Of us are com
ing back TO see II aEain. The good
time We have had in Canon city amp
" compensa;es us for the disagree-
able experience we had "Wednesday
afternoon In making the trip over
portion of the highway between Colo
lado Springs and Florence. Our par
~ is more than delighted with is
stay in Canon City and ne Will tell
our friends in Denver about ,: on or
return
\ There were abou; one hundred and
ihlrty people in the party. among
them many ladies. and they we're
weary bunch OF excursionists Thurs
day night after a day OF strenuous
ssrh,-seeirE Under an escort from
the Canon City Automobile club the
vsrors In thIrty-two machines made
the run from their hotels at $50
O'Clock Thursday morning to the tip
Of the gorge and back TO town over
the skyline drive; returning here for
luncheon shortly after noon. But few
Of them had ever made the trip before
ard they we're surpriscd at It's beauty.
-Gymkana- on Main Streyt.
Al o'clock Thursday afternoon the
visiting motorists gave -gymkana-
on Main street that was witnessed BY
two or three, thousand people. Two
blocks Of the street from the lntersor-
tons Of FIRM to seventh streets. we're
set apart for their special use by or
der of Mayor Frank II. Smith and
ksome highly interesting stunts" were
put on by tho committee having
charge OF the arrangements, and for
which prizes were offered by Denver
merchants Competition for the
awards was keen and most OF the
Chalmers people took part in the cf-
fort to secure them.
The irst ovcnt was a slow race.
in which the winner was required TO
make the slowest time under high
gear from Sixth to Seventh street. a
distance Of three hundred and seven
ty-two feet. In this contest A. ].
Meyerpeter OF Denver won hrst prize.
+. u. Field Jr. OF Denver. second. an u
Mr.. Losse OF Denver. third.
the second event was an obstacle
race over the same course: winner
totapproximate closest TO speed OF
twenty miles an hour and pass around
the obstacles without disturbing them.
In this event the actual time required
to cover the course at the speed incl
Gated is twelve and sixty-nine huni-
reths seconds. All contestants In this
race were fairly close: the highcs;
time taken to reach the goal being
fifteen seconds and the lowest eleven
seconds. District Attorney Willis V.
/. Elliott Of Denver won first prize. A. J.
TMeyerpotcr. second. and @. W. Parfet
Of Golden. third.
Third event--Specd guessing con-