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John W. Hazelbaker, field manager for the Midland Trail, made the race over the trail yesterday, competing for the time against the Rock Island Railway. Hazelbaker left Kansas City at 2:00 o’clock in the morning and was ahead of his schedule up to the last report received, which was at Burlington, Colorado. He passed through Stockton at 10:40 a.m. just an hour and three minutes ahead of the schedule previously announced. The first hundred miles of the race was through mud and he lost a couple of tires and received a puncture at Simpson. Hazelbaker was driving a stock Buick car, carrying a relief driver, a mechanic and reporter. He was piloted from Osborne to Plainville by M. O. Koesling, Buick dealer, and at Plainville the Buick representative took up the piloting to the next Buick point. Mr. Koesling very highly complimented the county for the splendid patrol work given along the trail and the excellent condition of the roads through the county, which is due to the efficient work of our county engineer, J. A. Bodine.