Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-19
AQUATIC MATTERS.
Articles of Agreement in the
Felsing-Weisgerber Race-The
POWELL Braceland Match.

Felsing- Weisgerber Race-The
Powell-Braceland Match.
The representatives OF the Nail City
and G. P. Brown Boat Clubs met
at Sheekey's saloon last evening, to fix
a dav for the MISUNDERSTANDING match
and TO draw up articles of agreement Tor
the same. Both Felsing and Weisger--
Der were present and everything passed
very tremendously. Below are the ar
ticles.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
We. the undersigned, hereby agree
To row a SOUL race in best and best
boats, in accordance with the following
conditions, by which we mutually agree
TO be governed:
ARTICLE I. Said race shall be for the
sum OF 500 a side, at Wheeling VIVA,
on the 10Th day of August, 1879, be-
tween the hours OF two and five o'clock.
The course shall be from opposite the
go. X. K. water works in said city,
on the West Virginia side, to point
one mile and half below said water
works and return to point OF starting.
ART. ,. The men shall toss for
choice of position before starting IN the
race. and shall be started by
the word ego" Said word shall
be given bv the referee. The men Shall
start from two boats morred twenty feet
apart. and row one and one-half miles to
their respective buoy boats, u be placed
as near thirty-five yards apart as posi-
BILE.
ART. 3. The leading boat to be en-
titled to the hindermost boats water
when the leading boat shows clear wa
ter between its stern and the bow of the
contesting boat. There shall be no
fouling whatever.
ART. 1. There shall be no guide boats
in the interest of either party.
ART. ). A boat swerving from d.
rect course so as to impede the progress
of the contesting boat, shall be ruled
out.
ART. 6. The referee shall be mutu-
ally agreed upon within the week pre-
ceding the race. Each OF the parties TO
this agreement is entitled to two judges,
and the said judges shall choose the
referee. Smooth water shall be required,
and the condition OF the water shall be
decided by the referee, who is hereby
empowered To postpone the race, IL
necessary, until the next fair day, Sun
day excepted.
ART. 7. The decision of the referee
shall be binding on both parties and
final, the referee to accompany the men
over the course, if possible.
ART. s. Fifty dollars shall be deposited
on the signing OF these articles by both
parties, in the hands OF Ben Hebrank,
final stake holder, and 500 shall be
deposited with the final stake holder on
August >, 1879, and the remaining sou
shall be deposited on August 4 with the
final stake holder.
ART. 9. The contestants shall turn
their respective buoy boats from right
TO left. Either party failing to comply
with anv or all of the above articles
shall forfeit all money that may have
been deposited.
Given under our hands, this 18th day
of July, 1879, in the said city oil
Wheeling, State OF West Virginia and
the county OF Ohio.
Il. w. WEIsGERBER,
LOUIS FELsING.
JAMES Il. TRAVIS,
GEO. W. JOHNSON, Witnesses.
Wcisgerber would only row on the
day falling on four weeks from to-day
or six weeks. Felsing chose the former,
and the race was accordingly set for Au-
gust 10th. The only point in the arti-
Giles that requires special notice is the
absence OF guide boats. Many objec-
tons have been urged against their use,
and we believe their omission III this
case will give general satisfaction.
We paid visit yesterday to the Leas-
ure boat house at the foot OF Thirty
ninth street, to learn what might he
known of the race to come off next Sat
urdav between VIM. Braceland, of the
Leasure club, and Ed. Powell, of
the Columbia Boat Club of Pittsburgh.
Braceland is training and rowing daily
and a knot Of boating men were busy
discussing the pros and cons of the
coming match. Powell will come down
to-day and will take his quarters ut the
Brown boat house. As he is a profess
sional oarsman aud has rowed in many
single races and regattas and this will be
Braceland's first appearance on the pro-
fessional course, the odds in betting are
slightly on the former.