Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-01
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS.
! hc Kentucky Derby-FishIng by Flee
tricIty, Etc,

j. nee. tee biyycliSt, while in the West,
red 70 ride any trOtteT - miles, even up,
.y- SO. a side.
The Well known trOtting stallion Monroe
..-. Wa> sold recently 10 Hugh White OF
G-a-Ou, Arizona, for $4,000
liz IS estimated that the value of the
.or>es now Ct Chester Park. Cincinnati, IS
uHCu. ST. Julien and Maud 5. are both
a. he stables there.
4 san Francisco, on Thursday, at the
=. .r',Hc of the Blood Horse Association,
i.r Slowell won the mile dash in l,i2, the
.ss.esl record ever made on the Pacific
.a>t.
: .l;.l accident occurred April - in a
,awe being played at Big Rapids, Mich;
..r 0i the players, a young man named
N..lsu Collins, was struck IN the Oac < OF
.ae neck by ball, producing concussion
. the brain, from which he died the next
..orn.ug.
The Columbus club commenced its sea
son in Columbus, O., with i've successive
victories. defeating tine Anthracite club, OF
louisville. Pa. twice, by scores of 10 70 .
and - 10 :: the Port Huron team twice,
~ i to IA aad y to Il; and the Bay City
,lub once. by a score OF 10 Is. The second
zane with the Bay CityS was played April
n. aud resulted in the Columbus nine
r,t defeat, the score being TO ;.
Fishing by Electricity.
The AlbatroSs. thcnew steamer Just COM
e,ed for the deep sea Investigations OF
,he United States fish commission, l.
Equipped with a novel search light which
may result i'm q revolution in sea fisheries.
L. consists Of three electric lights, each OF
$ I;eeu candle power, inClOSed IN her-
l.at:lally sealed glass case. Ii is expected
" .ea this lantern is sunk IN the waters It's
,.s-e Will attract the fish. which can
hen be taken by a net drawn from
eneath il. The cOntrivsnCe is designed
o's,y for use in securing rare hsh from
'np bottom Oi the ocean iOr scientific pur-
,p.es. but why might i not be employed
4. 'ak.uc fish Tor food The charm OF a
b-..Nant light for a fish Is we'll known. and
fishing a. night with torches has been
prsCt,sed from the earliest times. II the
large fish Of the ocean are affected by orll,
isn't light As the fish of rivers and small
streams are. the electric light may play an
IN pu-'a0t part in the great industry OF
fI-ptU-;Gy fish from the sea Tor food.
The Kentuck Derby.
TAe most important event to be decided
q. .ac series OF spring running meetings
that begin at Memphis and end at Chicago
IS the Chicago Derby, which will be run
during the meeting at Louisville that be-
.l,s Nay -. Ii is decidedly the great S-
ysa-.o,d .ace OF the season 50 Jar as the
We. o. the South are concerned, the nom
nations including all the best colts
and niles OF that age IN tnIs part
ui the country, and never was the
;-ODable winners more ulIhcQL' 70 pcs
nan this wear. When the bOOkmakers be-
.qa business in the early part Of last ". nter
Asce2de- was made q hot tayOrite both by
the general public and by horsemen, his
Performances as atwO-year-Old having been
%. s.Ch high character As 10 fairly enutle
aim to first place in the betting. The odds
asainst him were quickly reduced until no
uetter than 10 | could be had, and IT
1Oked as If il was to be another case OF
Euruymede at least so far as the betting
was concerned. The last-named horse, It
W.. he remembered, was backed so
heay;.y for the Derby OF 1852 that he
started aa even fayOrite against the
-. which was 3 good one
t.:l /. point OF numbers and quality. The
race wss won. however by Apollo, a colt
lAs. had wintered az New Orleans, ana
,-l: was not noticed in the betting 50
lie we-e his chances for victory esteemed
| b. those who were supposed to know the
.r.ntCtIye merits OF the animals engaged
Ary..o was owned by Green Morris, very
as.Ute trainer, and man Of few WORDS
F-ose methods are not all times free from
t-.l.C.sm. This year he has colt, Drake
I a-tG-. entered for the Derby, and the easy
manner in which the animal has been run
ing races az the New Orleans and Mem.
fa.s meetings has opened the eyes OF
tO;,e:nen 10 the fact that the kentucky
iie:by is not decided until the race IS run.
I % tae last two weeks lot Of money haS
1 gone up on Drake Carter, while the admirers
o. A'ceDder have been keeping remarNsoIy