The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-22

strip for tho race. UlatOT took his con-
stitutionsls yesterday morning, and In the
afternoon came up 10 the city aud quietly
watched the various scenes In and around
the POOL rooms and on the streets, and
about four O'Clock returned 10 bis boat
house a hundred yards from Bolts quar-
ters.
AT THE QUARTERS.
About 5 O'Clock the INrELLIaENCER re.
porter went down to the quarters Of Boil,
but found that he had not yet come down.
In the boat were ex.MsyOr Liddoll, OIL
PiHsburgh, Julian Kennedy, Harry
Thomas, the valiant "Eph" Morris, George
and John Weisgerber, Dol. Dick Feur,
Paddy Denmark, Joseph Fleming, Char.
lie Stevens and Harry 9Chwalb, Of the
LEADER, Pittsburgh. In a few minutes, Boil
come In smiIing, and sat down for a talk
with those In the boat, %conversing pleas
autly with all and exhibiting none Of that
surItness characteristic OF some OF
our " oarsmen. He seemed serene,
and talked confidently OF winning the
race, but all tbs time be was talking that
way there was q certain unessineEs and
exhibition Of Apprehensiyeness about him
that could not be concealed. His friends
in the boat seemed to share his exuberant
feelings and all were Bura that Pittsbulgh
had come down on Wheeling "llke q wolf
In the fold" His boat was new and
beautiful, and had been oiled and we'll
prepared for the contest by his careful
trainer, and everything was ready for the
race when our reporter left to seek Clator
q few yards further up the ptrealn. Here
we're found Billy Hurnes, Jimmy Manton,
Harry Hay and several other we'll known
| Wheeling bostmen aud also Walter Beau.
mont, q we'll known Pittsburgh sport.
Clator was getting out IN the
front Of the boat house by him.
self watching the gathering crowd, and
was as cool as any man In the city, giving
no exterior evidence OF t~rspldstion what.
ever. He said he felt fret rate, but took
no part whatever In the conversation that
was going on In the boat. His shell was
already prepared for the race, being q
beautiful Waters shell, 80 feet 8 inches in
length and - inches wide, and is the same
used in hiR race with Luther In 1850.
Humes and all the Clator following in the
boat were Just as sanguine OF success 90 [
they had already won the race, Humcs
saying, ut Ia the only race I never
troubled myself about, and l guess l have
been in oil that have taken place here for
some time back"
THE toss.
Early In The afternoon Billy Humes and
Julian Kennedy tossed for position, and
Kennedy winning chose the Ohio side for
his man, as 1t is generally considered more
favorable To the rover.
a BuoYs.
II wsH The intention Of the Referee, MI.
Alfred Caldwell, to have had the men. out
aud started by s o'clock, but the sky
clearing It was delayed until nearly g., At
four O'Clock the lower buoy was set iuet
below BenBon's Ferry, aud In ClaLors buoy
were Townsend Adams and Sam Brown,
while iDB6lis buoy were seated bis brother
M, VIM, Boil, and a companion. THEE
buoys having been set MI. Caldwell went
DIP TO the starting point and located the
upper buoys. Capt VIM. B. Humes acted
as Judge for Clator, and Julian Kennedy
and MI. Hairy Thomas for Boil.
II RACE
BY this time IL was neatly 0 O'Clock, and
the crowd on the shores began to chste
under the e~oustraint, and commenced
cheering and asking fof The sCullefs. Al
fifteen minutes Of ak o'clock the referee
having set the bnoyB, was fowed 10 The
respective boat houses Of the roWefs, and
ordered them 10 get ready. AT len min.
utes before six O'Clock, Boil appeared Al
The stern oil his boat house, and was vo.
ciiefously Cheeted by The shofe.linefs, hls
immense form evidently having mashed
Them completely. He foWed leIsufely
1own the river an eighth Of q mile, and
hen backed bis shell up against the buoy
hiS Judge, and waited the order 10 40,
He was dressed Ia blue trunks, white
Ihitt and had q red kefchiei "ianciiully |
led about his head.
Olator appeared some Eve minutes later
nd rowing straight out into the stream
anne gently down 10 position. He had on
ark blue trunks and shirt, and a white
IandkefChief on his head. While await.
ng the order 10 10 We had, from our 20.
In Judge Humes' boat, a good op.
tottnnily 10 examine the two men and
Of theft chances Of success. Clatof
then dressed up is q tall slender youth, J
nd gives no external indication Of any |
.reogth, but when stripped for the faee |
le splendid proportions are easily seer,
lie anna are immense, aud his limbs
owefful ID The extreme.
His whole physique gave one On idea Of