The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-02-21
THE FASTEST LYING rYpE-sErrER.
Tho Great Contest on Saturday - Nearly
400 Pms OF koiid Minion In nm Hour
The TypuRrnph cal veiocipe e's Latest
Etut-A CHALLENGE 20 the World.

Tho OR Mt Contest Saturday - Nearly
400 Fms OF soiid Minion In an Hour
The Typosrnph cai veioeipe e's Latest
Frnt-A Challenge 20 the World.
On Saturday afternoon Mr. George Arensjerp,
better known as the "vclocipcde," a clmpositor
employed on morning paper in this city. nc.
compished the extraordinary feat OF setting 1904
ems o. solid minion type in ono hour. Tho trial
took place to decil a wager between r. A. Don
od.9u, a printer. and also noted NJ n boat rulcr
blizzard player, and base ballls and Mr.. Arcnsborg,
Donaldson wagering two to one that the Ncloci-
pede could not set four sticksful solid minion in
one hour, lie TO he entitled TO ono break line con
tanning two or more words In each stlckfui Quite n
large amount OF money was stakcd on the result,
=" time" being tho flvorite.
Az the time for the trial approached the composing
room presented lively and somewhat excited ap.
rearance. Typos from the Other oniccs dropped In
to witness the trial and TO invest 4 little on the
result-tbe Outsiders generally backing time" and
their Nth In Inc "vcoepcde" being 81 strcn me- '-'
ua Anang ,n2so present we noticed ne handsome
Ss 1Ss gS Nj m s.'Se a,S % s STs
Mr.; ws,s,ns the Tat" soTposiior' ffom BOSTON;
v able 70 sling his Thousand on hour every day IN
tie week NcManus, also, from the. " Hub" ana
etaa sIe nigh, foreman 1. Weiis his popular assist.
mt, A. j. Pierce the un,y compo.,tor In that offce
Mo a.. Se' heavily wy on , linz Bnmonth, who,
heavily on the Velocipedc;" Bucker WAC had put
cipeds;" Bundick, the most industrious man In the
ssnS ns so b. good y
"the boy" as he aAcc ionatcly terms Arcnsbcrg,
can beat the world; Jcptha Jones, the fastest walk
.r IN the business, NO served ~ Captain in tue
Fourteenth BROOKLYN during the late war and al
ways NalScd toward the enemy; Bowen the tall Il
anu iovelest man IN the business, hut whose
friends fear tibet he VIII kill h'msulfwih hard work
Payne. also from the DOMINION, and very last
"pidn 0eorEc." one oftic " OLD phalAnx;' Reed,
| the popular proof rcadcr-n such thing can be
possible; McMurray, the reu,cnt; Stanley, the
shortest and the best compostor ~ thc business,
snd many Others. We also noticed IN ,bc crowd
ErkorA haze hall club last year. but who gces ~
Chicago next season as Captain Of nine watch is
intended 10 take tic conceit out OF the Rode took
| lpgs, and who were told was neeotiaiing With
MIR. Donadson TO take the position Oi short stop In
the nine.
The Judges were Mr.. Stanley on the part OF
"ume," and Mr.. Payne on the behalf OF hr Arcns.
berg. Both were provided with stop watchcs-Mc.
StanlcS's being of y celebrated foreign MAKE while
Mr. ra,ne's was OF American, manufacture.
AZ precisely 3 o'clock the Judges aiyc the word,
and the q" NelociOede" eOatn1nccd picking up the
types. He started "A at a T,pid pace. Many thoughi
lie would not be nbr 10 keep Il IN, but would er,ak
| down before &c, eo%pl, tng ms fourth snckiaL me
| grc@nbicks. which were promptly covered by the
lrcnos OF the " NeloeipeGe" HIS frst ,iickiu wa
This was extraordinary time, and his friends we're
CORE non in.ly luJiahL As he started his
on1 sLcSiul vyIous were the surmses -sto Whether
he would be abe TO his gait, the bakers of
time cyidenuy thanking that he would not, aud
investing more Gr enbacks Oh the strength VI
that SUBJ OsiuOn but waen the result wa announced
IL WA found that he had done II n thuteen minutes
and my seconds thus beating the time OF his hrs
stick nj by Eve secoads.
TAis rather st ggrred the hackers of tine" and
as he now mad sixteen minutes for each Of the
other two stckfus, soms OF thar BEGAN 60 10, Il Tor
an opportunity t. "hcdgr," hut thu dInc tor that
He started on hi third suck ul VITA ap1areutlV IN
ahlcd spccd, aud cJmpic,e1 IL " lutt min
utca
his lcft h;s oyht,e inmates and forty -ave Sec
ohds IN which to compete bl four tuckml. Tie
excitement VI this time was Intense Nothing but
an accident could prevent hm from Winning. ard his
friends were aid with Joy, while those who nai bet
against HIN were eJrrcsD ndnCly detected. one
dNidu otlercn 70 be- twenty dollars that he could
set 2pO ems In the bour and tins Ma speedily
taken by ono Of tho unforunates VINO had been IA.
ye-ung on Tune, who hoped In this way to re ain
some OF MS loses. He completed In fourth sck IA
T. fourteen uiinute- and tea seevnds thus sgtur the
Iour stckfuls IN bnyIyc minutes and nify seconds
Tds Won tie original bet, Nith iour minutes aud i've
seconds to spare, hat another stick VIVA passed him.
and he h, pit Oh until the hour was M, Hhou Il was
found that he had composed 2,UJ ems.
lnmeJiIiely upon the ouncemt ut Of the re- III
he WIS surrOuHded ny HIS trends, including those
who had De; against him, md hear; y C0itsra.ii-
lited upon his succt -. TINS ~ without d1uis the
any one tlsc Nuf 'hcY can rs al " they en- bn &C.
eomrodat. Hi,h \ trl.l % any tine IN, may Wish.
Immediately Nt"T .. clO-e oi tls match Mr. AiCLs-
bergs ineud~ NhuJuuccJ that thrS would match
one hour Ur one week. II may interest the pubic 20
know that ne type nil average three letter. 10 en-
ON, 80 that Mr. A-cushcrg actu4N, n!urrI TIn
lnec'> ~ mrti IN bolton NiihIa aa h0w. H.