, 1869-09-24
SPORTING MATTERS,
Great Goose Race in the Lake Front
Basin,

1HA1N.
Ten Thousand Spectators Pressnt-A
Novel and Ludiorous Contest,
Tho Buckeye Races-nnse Ban-Di1.
lizards, Etc.
AQCATIc.
TUE aoosK RACE
II The tmmense number Of people Who itned the
tza,n bank yesterday afternoon may be taken -
criterion, then the gooss race which TOOK plscs
then and there must bo conceded to bo the great
sporting event Of the season. II wa funny. and,
better st1p Il was ftea Consequently, crowd
numbering 1t least ten tnousaud people were on
hand to witness the novel AfEatt, For two or
three blocks along the esst side Of Michigan
svenue-rrpm fufney to Aortlake, AZ It were
men, women, boys and girls were dtpEely packed,
With plentiful sprtuk1ing Of carriages further
back: while the tse&kwAtes opposlte served the
purpoee Of HammessmIth Btdge, And aaord Cd an
eligible outlook for II least thousand more. 1t
WIS particularly respectable gathering, too no
uncomfortable element Of the crowd was made
mp Of merchants and business men. While nearly 4
hundred Stylish cquipages we're hailed In orier
thss the fslt occupauta might see the fon.
FKE1I1NARr AERAXGKxRNn~
The race Waa originally made bet Meen those IT,
moua nc, disciples or msn'sIet.y. Billy Emerson and
sreat many similar af1a!rs- Then George Morris
The welLkposn btlNatuMi, toof haud IN, and,
htter purse o. 300 or thereabou.s had been msJe
5es,e4dsy. Un the siay pSesious % etRa;eea raiI. III
Rrnmn geese we're IS rented" Of an old t2dg 1t the
stoek fanf,. Who required deposl, Of q each aa
he N6ols pambxr. The4 bsd no t'i traia,nT % %S.}'
ever, Iaiihsr than ,ha, eoafeea Cd ~ % natusomso aa
tatir pfoserSnl uarciisbIiiIy, % some Of them Vent
BACK on this, even. yhe te1tn1 Of the Innich Re-.
quireo each Of me drivers 10 ri ID an ordinary
Let nc one infer from this that onts self IN q
ws.n 20, lah H. sas xa,er, spa ones equilibrium, are
mans Ne.shs r1 81 sios tbe tu to e s1is bat
iaca To@ % s1so.utty y PEI perfcet
@ acas M the Roose e d1seIa rssorfea % % 's ~.
reniDus contf1tsnce. whicn eonsas 81, or n,a,forn
nca 2iSs AL es.Tas 80 sSSa' = ,s;ss aod ~ III
es aee as enss 70 ss se s5enRa sn To
.ns s1ts@s IT. e@ wnss xess sny
leiwren which lie ge+se were tied by the wiuRs,
shstts nj : wsrnn When rrntS n start tha N,4rar
rof in ihe tIhE which va then fiuttis reireH -
tna nost snS tn".a uss .o ts Sny 49, n.user ~
toa. sinking rev ipcnes oeiux tse sutf.cs and IA
oat o. s,ent =. Consiasraole ueiay ensnsd q prop"
TX srf @Is ~ III ar ~ as1 Ss .aS ~
n;nts aSIen nf' nno So ~n1e toe nt@er Ixaeofe
w. .snn ~ r.ae' , .ns ~ % %matuen7 WY
m hsd rnta raes ont To- rs fsng 1f an teas
ntne - rs, ; MI h ns' " 49, ~ Ana uost
FlpF o. n!n., anu Hu11a .a'e sMoHed en to e3eel.
ossaEoned &c ~, y J., ne several hundred boats nneh
= nau peSn nmsa ny spec.a'oAts, r. ana whGa !Hefa!y
aSons n"vg a then ,os Tub ao1Ie,, Ioose eGS irn;S
an1s ann maAe l1st aasinr ~nicn ne .ila 10 eaott
sesdhess @ aaH ,oS '' ''s' s'sA everything S'' IL
r,,,- r,,.-o, =, ! ~ hs.s s4es t.I.,u, .,o...,
esSa I'll ia sses 81 s.ssix = &c., a aas
Mr. Dratt. nanaECr Of tue Winter Garieu+ acted
S,s's tss Who ktny rendered the reporters Place
,Eseh q the drivers was IN light co..ume7-hat,
aSa 70
anon. a loIE car1aRe whip, with which to urge
" ~ - 1.Gt 81 .n: EcatsE y! tus esEss- aaa psauo
Mrrr,s drew rev @ sne poie Gass tae miaile lad, Msrt
he or,side A entirely mi t eren % sendoa so was vas
n;a e. ,h ~ h1i ~ @ ~ s,s,,,i tre.
n,en Y tne noat o. tas amplref, 5eieree. hAu Re,
}an fsay; A95s,s ano Mass q onss pnshed 1or re
~ W. 49,, t1en o!suS 1 tesou s u 1s se.,ss st
facing he ds,vcf. Sue Couldn't be pronght 10
I N0Ik AQa!D, pDt eTAH, h1ckWafus Tor l0nE Al8-
iarce. 10 the sefous impeachment OF the reat OF the
sex'ette Bob, IKE az expsr1ecced 1oekey. took
the II after cooliy, simply administering an oeca-
s.ontl punch to reiFaetory goose, and soon had
Emnea Strong lead over both the Others. But
Morrs was not Idle. His team had q weakness
fer the shore. aud hs assidaoas efforts With the
! radole. Necessary to keep them IN the
wnter. helped him 10 that extent tnat be
Vas enabled 10 Overhaul DOB and 60 10 the froat,
cessiss @ psdoilus M 70 ie stoal a. hut b. 10 means
! "to~L "Geof1e Is 70 goose" SAID Bob, snd
| bar hIa patIdle." But there was no choice:
| George Muet elihef paddle or be t9noututOusly
l towei n8hoYe against his WILL and 80 1tob's pro-
test vas unara.l1nG. Maas, whose perverted
wheel goose had plaeed him haaiy In the reas
having somehow const1ved to change enlA With
the rrcaJcttraht bird. now showed an e1tfaordi-
nhlJ burst Of Rpeed, and wAs fast closing
| the gap Had the remaining dtstance
been gteatet, he would have seriously endangered
the Success Of tne oiheFs ~ u "ss, the
rper having slight lead. Bob called upon bis
m I,,.nae,S in,icr,ne ~ 10 -. u =.
with ~hirh IScv s..en,~I ~ resnond ThsI .et,a
s,,r Htnnf ,H1Is E1rs, the middie ,aiT' Tnn,a
Sigorously ply their web feet for Minute, nes.
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