The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-20
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE

w ASl1Nu1ON OOh4sA4SA SA'>'
Tho Mueh Talked OF and Often Post.
poned Race between IInnian and Court
ney Likely TO Take Place ON the Poio'
mac-AreiIc Expedition-UpdesrahNot
Afraid of DaIzeII's Boom-Ihe Second
Place on she Republican Ticket
WASHINGTON, Apriller
Special Correspondence Of the lntellgeneer.
rnE DlTrER CONFLICT.
Courtney has already engaged q house
on the bank Of the Potomac in George
town as headquarters for his pull with
Hanlsn, which is set for the 10th OF May.
Hsnlan will also have private quarters,
30 that IL is confidently believed there can
be- no outside interference with the men
or their boats to prevent the race. The
course selected for the contest is an adj
mirable one at the head OF tide water,
almost entirely free from current and not
subject TO floods at that season OF the year
HanIan was invited to accept the hospi-
talities OF the Analostan Club here last
wear, and that invitation will be consid'
cred good ii he chooses to accept, but it is
supposed he will take private quarters, as
negotiations to that end are now being
made. The course TO be rowed over Is
from the Aaueduct in Georgetown down
to the Long Bridge, south Of the Washing,
ton Monument, two and hall miles and
return. 1t has but one bend OF any I'M
portance, and there, as elsewhere, the
river, Is sufficiently wide to make crowd
Ing and iouling unnecessary. Blake, VINO
is referee, was an active member OF the
Aualostan Club In this city in 1860 and
10. he is perfectly familiar with the
course and considers 1t one Of the best on
any river in the country. 1t is not per-
fectly straight, Us lake course can DO,
but on the other handiLisnot made subject
10 such rough water as Chatauqua, or other
broad bodies. The accommodations here
are ample for any number Of visitors, and
the river can be kept free from steamers
other than those necessary Tor the Judges,
etc, The banks Of the river all along at.
ford excellent opportunities Tor witness
ing the race, and il pavilion should be
erected on the upper point OF Analostan
Island, where the bend is situated, the
entire contest, from start TO finish, could
be seen, II Hanlan and Courtney want
10 row, there is no doubt that they can
get n SQUARE race here. There are three
amateur boat clubs here, for rather OF
social than severely aquatic character,
nor has Washington produced any pro-
iessional oarsmen OF note, although the
opportunities for rowing on the Potomac
are unsurpassed. A few OF Wheeling's
crack single sCullers on the Potomac
would do much toward stimulating boat.
Ing at the national capital into healthful
action. 1t Is expected that both Wheel.
Ing and Pittsburgh will send excursion
trains down for the great aquatic Hop con-
test, If 1t ever comes OF, as it is now more
confidently expected 10 do.
ARCTIC AccLlMATIoS.
Although it is reasonably certain that
the Howgate expedition to the Arctic Sea
will 90. away next mouth, as heretofore
announced, grave doubts are entertained
in some quarters as to its success. How
gates plan is to establish colony above
81 north latitude from which to draw sup
plies and men for excursions toward the
pole. His theory is that the men at his
station will become acclimated in a few
years and prove better able TO stand the
friRid horrors OF the Arctic winter than
men direct from the temperate zone. An
old navigator who has given the subject
much attention aud who has seen service
on board an arctic whaler doubts the cor
rectness Of HOwgste's theory and thinks
he will DO disappointed in the results of
his experiment. He says all experience
teaches that while men taken to the Arctic,
and kept there for any great length Of
time, stand the first winter better that the
second. They 90 up strong and hearty,
none but picked men being taken on polar
exploring expeditions, and they generally
return physical wrecks. They stand the
first winter better than they do
the second and none 'ot them are
willing 10 try the third. The long
severe coldness Of the winter is not more
trying on the men than the darkness,
when for months the sun does not rise |
above the horizon. During this season |
OF darkness, day and night, the men get |
dependent, feeling as ii buried alive, cut
of from friends, from civilization aud
from all that is bright and attractive in The
world. They feel as il in shades, aud
when the sun does return, bringing with
It gradually lengthening days, until there
IL no night for months, they look forward
10 another winter passed In that arborean
region US worse than death itself, and no
amount Of argument can Tilt them out Of
despair. II compelled TO remain second
wtuter they become physically weak
ened, also result or cause oil their loss
Of spirit ambition, aud arc absolutely
ft for no service requiring great exertions
and endurance. The old sea captain does
not enthuse over HowGaie's Arctic coloni.
zation scheme,
NOT AFRAID.
Congressman Updegrafr, Of the Six.
taenth Ohio district, does not scare worth
4 cent at the proposal OF Private DAlzell
with him for Congress. All
the local papers OF his district received
here contain paragraphs which would in.
1ieate that the Private will hardly emerge
from his retirement 10 come to Congress,
his promise that, II once
,lec,ed, he would let the people alone and
lever run again. He might improve upon
hat one.term promise and agree TO keep
Iuiet now without any term in the Ma
loual Legislature. The fact is, there are
90 many takers in Congress now like
)AlEell, and not q sufficient number oil
uIst workers like the Updegrat whom
JalSell would like 10 SuperSsde. Ohio may V