Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-05
WHEELING WINS.
the ClhT0R,lurntR RACE WON 6y
the FORMER,
Who Comes Ia Three Length, Ahead 10
2h32 ,2-Ihs Wheeling Man
Largely tho faots--lnei.
dents Of the Race,

Again tho smoky City has yielded tn
Nall City prowcss aud skill aud another
victory with the oars has been placed 10
Wheelina's orvdit, Eldle Clator, for
mrrly ofthe brown boat club, vt this
city, has Won his second race With a
ptlIshuTgher, making iva cut al the
three no has pulled, Ito has beaten
Sc,hcrt aud Luther aud Vas beaten 10y
layherger
The race With Fat Luther on Satnr'
lay, which Ma iOr ~ 900, Was maic at
ruIshuIgh ga Juac llth, and haa lall,d
IT, attract ANY particular attention
la this civ, and even ~ Pittsburgh
those who claimed 81 know, were
ruulilvni that tlalur would win, and
what ltllp wealth VAS wagcrrd "aS
nlakr.l on him la tho pools sold M
Saturday ut ruishurgh, tlalor Was the
taynIilu by siu u ~ on The average.
There were many, though, Who stu
Thought luther would ain. tho RUS
hurgh Loader saying; Tho ircl'hs
among the spectators was generally In
Nu,atlr o. Luther, aud many assnTiiohs
Ia the ellie, that the Whecllnu,ics wnir
taking him on his old rccorl, aud would
rur II, we're maiu; hut Notwithstanding
this, whru tho pools were sold tiaior
brought much the higher price.
l'orhaps sono ilNr hundred people
went IN irom the city Ia Pittsburgh, hut
many al thcm dill not show up u, the
,nurse. where only about six hundred
naomi, had assemhled. The rival oars
nou had pitched their ion's an tue
rittahursh side oi Twelve mile island
and Luther was found about an hont
hclorc tho raco lying on u pallet ~ his
boat house surrounded lay lew al hts
h,,uds aud cunyrisIug chcciiully lie
informed the reporter that his weight
Wa i6p pounds, ani that hn hal not
pullri u,co lnr oNcr three Yeats, hn'
N,s goiug a. "Wc What tho nli man
,pull do" Iu this one Noyoni ihIs hr
wuull say nothing, tut others ~ tho
haat house stated that ha hal oonsr'bu'
tcd slON ol his own monuy ,oMa'd h's
share al the puIsc, aud that II he lost IL
wuull siriku hun haId.
lIitur VAS found sitting "n bank
immediately hcloW hlS camp and M"n'd
SAY nothing whatever. save that ho iclt
urst rate aud MAS snlng L. pun i"r All
that was IA hlm, It's weight WAS Ia
rounds, aud lac seemed quite unc"n
rruurl IVA Ia the result at the race.
tb.yb O'clock Tie mcn weIr called
ont Ia, tho I,irIrr, Walter beaumont,
and tho choice Tot position WAS Won hS
Luther, who chose the fillshursh site.
All the preliminary arrangements wrto
prtlrrt, the referee having stationed the
huu,s himself, aud the water, smooth aS
lass. Mas all that could hc drs'rcd, NJ
U.,h piVcisrly the wutd 'En
waS given. aud both men got
,M,y beautifully attended hy the chr, IL
at the crowd For the nrsI quarter at n
milc they kept clnso iocoihrt, then
iuthrr shot nearly icngth ahoai,
which ptorrvdiug cl,,itci i"ud ,hcrrS
itnm hts admirris IA either sidc al the
ItyVr, but did mol ailryt the salc at pools,
N hirh si,ll continued ut fio Ia ~ ~
L,yuI al IlaJuI l.uthcl dtd not Keep
his head, lnus, huwu\cr, iot tlatnIsiadu
ally pullcd alongside, and iwintr Tia"
hapN was reached hal shot over n lcngth
ahrid al luihrr notwithstanding tho
la,t that tho latter worked desperately
To REGAIN lllN NV kl'NN't '''N' "'' wv
tho racc. aud When Within u hall m'lr at
tho slahchnat hal lclt luth'r "''I
twu rngihs hchinl, aud taken
la, water The result at the race Mas
nov ~ longer n matter al douht Ia the
spectators, aud Clator Mas chrcIoi ~
heartily ~ l.ulhrr had hccn Sh"'l
time before. The "old mau, however,
pulled away ~ II hc Intculud Ia win IN
spite at r>c,yih,us, aud tlator did not
lurtraSc his lcad ANY further, hat paSHrd
the hnr about two aud halt ,rngths
ahead. having InNrd the race Ia II m,n
utts - sc,onds,
iuthrr'a dist words allrr pulling up
tn the stake hnat we're. well, ~ sa'
isGcd, claIor Is good one, had better
"a, Snur nuc else The rlNrr oarsmcn
thcu shonk hands aud the spectators
h,gau IT, d,spvrSc, everybody Wp'tsS
,us themselves satisfied that they had
~ ilnrsscd taco rnwcl nn the merits
at the utru.