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Along 30 miles of river, on either side of the mining and tourist town of Salida (pop. 5,000), Theo Bock, 43, and Erich Seidel, 26, members of the Munich Kayak Club, scrambled along the bank, noting treacherous crosscurrents, whirlpools, lurking rocks. Their Teutonic thoroughness was warranted...
...Salida. Its course, laid out by Experts Bock and Seidel, was marked by a dozen sets of red and green poles. Boats had to pass the poles to right or left, according to color. Young Erich Seidel, Germany's white-water and slalom champion, threaded his kayak skillfully through the course and won with ease, while several less-practiced contestants upset in the swift water. Then the boatmen got a briefing on the main race. Besides the two Germans, there were three French entries, a dozen Americans. Their paddle-powered craft: a two-man canoe, three rubber rafts...
...into the chilly (52° F.) torrent. The first big test, Bear Creek Rapids, which a week earlier dashed a boatman to death, lived up to its bad reputation by capsizing the first starter. Soon Theo Bock lost his lead to France's Roger Paris, who kept his kayak ahead for 15 miles until he hit right-angling Tin Cup Rapids and got ducked...
...Howard, who bought the horse on a tip from Prince Aly Khan, Noor's victory was worth $97,900. It was the third time in 13 runnings of the big race that Howard had taken the grand prize; in 1939 he won with an Argentine horse named Kayak II, in 1940 with Seabiscuit...
...antique, 25-stringed harp, looks like a huge, bunged-up kayak, makes sounds about like a dried pea dropped four feet into a saucepan...