The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-12

tiser in giving an account of the recent
fremen's tournament, speaks as fol.
lows of the throwing Of Hamilton En-
CINE of this village:
The distance was formally announced at 2st #
in, but there was material difference of opinion
among the. judges as to the spot where the stream
terminated and before this could be settled the
stakes at the other end of the line had been re-
moved, leaving the question in state OF uncertain
tv 1t was finally settled by a vote of eight to six
allowing to the Dowagac machine throw of 266
# 9 in, admitting tile possibility of its being
greater. III 80 3f4kF
We can only account for the above
by snpposing that at the time Hamil-
ION company made their throw the re-
porter was not on the. ground, and in
the excitement consequent upon the
great distance made, he was wrongly
informed at all events the above is not
a true statement of the case. Let us
see. BY the rules of the tournament
each company were allowed Is min
utes in which to place their engine and
make their throw. But, in case any
company should burst their hose, FIVE
minutes longer was allowed.
This was the case with our. engine,
her hose bursting on the first trial, of
course emitting us to the extra FIVE
minutes. New hose being procured,
the company succeed in making two
more throws, when the judges suppos-
ing the time to be up, commenced
measuring, and had nearly finished,
when the company, having yet nearly
FIVE minutes, taking advantage Of the
wind, made their 4th and big throw,
most of the Judges at the time being
near the nozzle or pipe; and from their
subsequent action, it is reasonable to
suppose they did not see where the
stream actually did strike But it can
be proven that the water went not only
some four feet beyond where the judges
commenced measuring, but that it ac-
tuaHy acct a lady and gentleman sitting
IN Juggy outside Of the ropes.
Upon measuring this throw it was
found that it had attained the hitherto
unheard of distance of 2Sl feet in
ches, which was formally announced,
instead of informally as the Adcertis-
er has it, and these figures placed upon
the bulletin board, where they could
be seen by every one present, and
there they stood until evening. A
queer informal announcement truly.
We have thus been particular in
giving history of the different throws
made by our engine, as the first at
tempt to rule her out was on the ground
that the company had played over their
time, and it was not until after the
timekeeper had decided the company
to have had over two minutes spare
time when they left the platform, that
the claim was set up that the stakes had
been moved. Now snpposing this to
have been the case, it was not claimed
they were moved more than few
inches, while they had more than -four
feet to spare. But We have the word OF
Mr.. Wheeler, the gentleman whose
duty it was to attend to the stakes, that
they were not moved at all. This claim
then amounts 10 nothing.
But the Adcertiser says that eight
out of the fourteen judges voted in ia,
vor of ruling out the last threw. Let
us look for moment and see wha,
this amounts to. Six of the eigh,
Ijudges-among whom was the Chair.
man-were from Detroit; one from
Jackson and one from Ypsilanti. Now
we ask if it is not little queer tina,
six Judge from different places, having
no interest in the matter whatever, ex.
cept that of seeing justice done, should
have voted allowing Hamilton her full
distance made, while the six from De-
trolt, having a very great interest in
the matter, should have voted with
such a similarity of purpose depriving
us of our rights. We confess that to
us it looks if there was something
wrong about it. But this is rot all.
The Detroit judges not only voted as
one, but the Chairman actually refused
Mr.. Heazlit, the judge from this village
the privilege of Introducing the stake
keeper to disprove the silly story about
the moving Of the stakes. Perhaps this
was all fair and above board, but if it
was, we confess they have different
way of looking at such things in De-
troit, from what we have here.
THE CATTLE DISEASE IN New
York. = The uro-pneumonia has
made its appearance on the Hudson
river, having had its origin, probably.