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PAGE 8I♦6lani;inhr:iA1501'T 2(M ( V( LI STS FROM A LIOYER THE NORTHWEST |bcn;VISIT OH EH A LIS. . jLThe Gypsy Tour of motorcyclists of the northwest attracted about two j Sihundred and fifty delegates to Che-: inhalis Saturday and Sunday. It was Jt exj)ected that there would be 3 000'atdelegates, but the rains the latter part;of last week kept many from coming. However, the attendance this 4 yearwas greater than previous years. Sat-;A^ urday night the visitors were enter-j Si tained with a big dance at the Forest ;aiGrange hall. Sunday morning at theiCifair grounds a big program of stunts j cl was given. The visitors found ac- hi commodations here pleasing, and injwspite of the rains and muddy condition of some of the roads, had a very i enjoyable gathering. There were quite a number of motorcyclists heretfrom Oregon pointshiThe program at the race track triSunday morning was witnessed bv a.ji large crowd from both Chehalis and Oentralia. Owing to the heavy rain- iIfall for two days previous, there was • a little delay in getting the program i(j started. Although the t irfuddy and wet for any real fancjJostunts, there were several good rec-Jjords laid down by some of the contesta nts\\cThe first event, a side-car changing (’contest, in which the entry made one!lap around the track, unhooked hisjr side-car, made another la]), put the j uside-car back on and made another lj lap, was won by O. S])encer, driver,'g and H. E. Beckman of Portland, in a‘s Harley-Davidson; time. 4:ir. Second y ]lace wa§ won by H. C. Lewis, driver, ,nand R. P. Luckwald of Seattle in an aExcelsior, time, 5: ().». Third place was won by J. P. Schanting, driver, and Geo. W. Schanton, of Portland, inan Excelsior.o 1 *The second event, a foot race, was lt;won bv L. KuhneltThe third event, a ladies’ j 0-vard 1 dash, was won by Mrs. M. Siders of;r Tacoma, weight 1153 pounds. !|The fourth event was a t4*IIlt;(between Portland and Seattle, ten men on each side. The tug-of-war was won by the Portland bovs after a two-minute tussle.The fifth event, a tug-of-war be-|i tween twelve ladies, was won after a (*minute's pulling by Mrs. Axson, Mrs. t Strine. Mrs. Siders. Mrs. B. \V. Rice, . i Mrs. \V. B. Schaffer and Mrs. E. iJones. lt;The sixth event was a stunt to be lt;put on by Portland, a side-car race. !lt;First place was won bv P. E. Ibex andDewey Ocepk of Seattle in a Harley-Davidson, making two and one-halfmiles in 3:54. Second place was won by A. J. Xiesz and Charles Fi both of Portland, in an Excelsior. * Third place was captured by O. V. • Schott and Mrs. O. V. Schott of Se-1 attle in a Harley-Davidson machine. 'The broad jump from an inclined1I
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Chehalis Bee Nugget
Chehalis, Washington, US
Fri, Jun 20, 1919
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