Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-21
AQUATIC.
Felsing and Weisgerber to Row
Again for 81, 900 n Side-The
KnOke-Murphy Race Next Sat
urday,

urday.
An agreement was reached at meet
ing held last night at Sheeky's saloon,
on Market street, concerning the terms
of the third race between Louis Eel
sing, OF the Nail City boat club, and
George w. Weisgerber, OF the G. L.
Brown boat club. At the meeting re-
| ferred to the Nail City Club was repre-
bauer, and the Brown by VIM. Humes
and George Snyder. The Brown men
refused to listen to any proposition ex-
cepting that made by them at first,
namely: that the race should take place
on the last Saturday in September
should be three mile race, and that
the stakes should be $1,000 on each
side. After some parley the Nail City
representatives agreed to this, and
proposed that forfeit of 500
should at once be deposited
with Mr. |. Dillon, the stakeholder, by
each club. The Brown men were not
ready to do this, but they promised to
cover the Nail City Clubs deposit to-
day or tomorrow. The articles ofagree-
ment have not yet been signed, but they
are as follows:
We, the undersigned, hereby agree to
row a scull race in best and best boats,
in accordance with the following condi-
tons, by which We mutually agree to be
governed:
ART. |. Said race shall be for the
sum of 81 900 a side, at Wheeling, w.
Va, on the 9th day OF September, 1879,
between the hours OF two and five
o'clock. The course shall be from oppo-
site the B. & o. II. X. water works in
said city, on the West Virginia side, to
a point one mile and half below said
water works and return to point OF
starting.
ART. >. The men shall toss for a
choice of position before starting in the
race, and shall be started by the word
go" Said word shall be given by the
referee. The men shall start from two
boats moored twenty feet apart, and
row one and one-half miles to their re-
spective buoy boats, to be placed as
near thirty-five yards apart as possible.
ART. 3. The leading boat to be enti-
tied TO the hindermost boats water
when the leading boat shows clear water
between its stern and the bow Of the
contesting boat. There shall be no foul
ing whatever.
ART. 4. There shall be no guide boats
in the interest of either party.
ART. 5. A boat swerving from a d.
rect course so as to impede the progress
Of the contesting boat, shall be ruled
out.
ART. &. 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 10 postpone the race, If
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, ii possible.
ART s is in regard to the depositing
OF the money.
ART. 9. The contestants shall turn
their respective buoy boats from right
TO left. Either party failing TO comply
with any or all of the above articles
shall forfeit all money that may have
been deposited.
The race is destined to create more
interest than the former one, il such
thing be possible.
KNOEE-NURPHY.
An additional deposit was made at
Garrigan's saloon, in the Eighth ward,
on Tuesday night, for the three mile
race between August Knoke, OF the
Leasure Boat Club, and John Murphy,
of the Schultz club, for purse of $500,
TO take place over the lower course on
next Saturday. The representatives OF
the two clubs met this evening at the
same place TO deposit the final stakes.
The Pittsburgh papers are enter
prising in the extreme. None OF them
mentioned the boat race here on last
Saturday but the Commercial Gazette, and
this is its reference to it, printed yester-
day: Weisberger beat Pelsing in the
race at Wheeling, Saturday, by boat
and quarter length. Time, as given
by the referee, 20:50.
The "glaring inaccuracies in this
brief note do not need to be pointed out.