The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-12-02
CAMPBELL
WINS HILL
CLIMBING
CONTEST
C. E. REEVES SECOND AND JAY
sIDEeoTToM THIRD-R. WAL
CHER WINS THE MOTORCYCLE
RACE.
WAS An EXCITING AFTERNOON

The racing program this afternoon
was a remarkably good one and at
tracted large crowd Of spectators
The first event was hill climbing
contest for automobiles, in which
there were FIVE entrants and three
starters It was scheduled to take
place at O'Clock, but it was fifteen
or twenty minutes after that time
before the first machine crossed the
line and was on for the goal.
The. hill climbing contest began at
the intersection Of Fifth street and
Floral avenue and the course was up
the eastern approach of the Skyline
drive. around Lone Tree point at the
south extremity. OF dhe drive. thence
north on the road along the crest of
the bogback to the turn around be
yond Mt Cleghorn, distance Of OPP
proximateiy three-fifths of a mile.
The entrants for the hill climb
were given q running start OF ona
block on Floral avenue. but the race
officially began at Fifth street The
machines taking part in the contest
were a Studebaker. driven by Jesse
Campbell: Hnpmohfle, entered by
C. Z. Reeves. and an Overland. listed
and driven by Jay d. Sidebottom- The
time required by the contestants In
covering the course. as announced by
the judges. was as follows::
Jesse Campbell z:25 rs. c. f.
Resxss 2:ss IS and Jay d. Sidebottom
2.55. A Haines machine, owned and
driven by MIR. Hawkins of Colorado
Springs. made the run in 2:21 4-1O.
but having been debarfed from CON
testing for the. prize. was not a con-
petitor for the purse hung mp by the
Chamber OF Commekce. Mr.. Campbell
wa sdeclared the winner and was Civ
en- the $25. Only one prize was given.
The motorcycle race being more ac-
cessible to the public, naturally at
tracted n larger crowd than the hill
climbing event earlier in the after
ntOAA IL tOOh RtACC Ou q NlACuAA
several city blocks. beginning al
Twelfth and Main streets The course
was from Tenth street east on Main
to Fifteenth. north on Fifteenth to
College avenue, west on College to
Tenth. south on Tenth to Main street.
thence east on Main to the starting
point. Nine laps arounu this course.
which is estimated at something like
ten miles. was required of the contest
ants
The entrants were Clarence H..
Charles, riding a Harley Davidson
machine; T. o. Barnes, riding a Har-
ley-Davidson: Sid Jefferson, riding an
Indian: r. Watcher, riding an Excel
sior: Mike Lamb. riding Harley.
Davidson. and II. Copper. riding Har-
ley-Davidson. The contestants crossed
the line in bunch after flying start
and turned the corner of Main and
Fifteenth streets in a bunch.
II. p. Stommel acted as starter, DR..
Hart Goodloe and John Shaw Jr. as
judges and H. P. George. secretary OF
the Chamber OF Commerce, as official
timekeeper.
Clarence Charles gained considera-
bly, on his competitors in the first lap
and crossed the line fifty yards in ad.
vance Of his nearest follower. On the
second lap he fell from his machine.
but fortunately was not hurt. He los:
valuable time. however. in doing SO
and finished fourth In the race.
r. watcher won first place and COM
pieted the nine laps In 81 minutes
slis seconds. Harve Copper took sec
ond place and T. o. barnes third. Mike
Lamb, owing to nat tire, finished
last.
A $50 purse was given for this raoe.
divided into three prizes OF s25. SIS
| I $40. respectively.
There were no accidents Of any CON
sequence Curing the afternoon.
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